Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of the stunning pinwheel galaxy, which looks like a twirling spiral of pink and purple light Astronomers have their eyes ...

When stars of a certain large size and energy run out of fuel, the result is a supernova explosion that can be spotted with the naked eye just once in a lifetime. Some leave behind a relatively ...

New Hubble images show the Crab Nebula is still expanding and evolving nearly 1,000 years after its original supernova ...

SANDY — I have wondered at photos from the Hubble Space Telescope throughout my life. To learn from the following video that similar photos and discoveries can now be taken in a local backyard — for ...

Nearly a millennium ago, astronomers witnessed a brilliant new star blazing in the sky—a supernova so bright it was visible ...