Skygazers have been waiting for over a year to see a recurrent nova that creates a temporary, super-bright star every 80 ...

But it will actually be painful to look at because, unlike the full moon that is this gorgeous disk in the sky, Betelgeuse is ...

"The GRB was so bright that it obscured any potential supernova signature in the first weeks and months after the burst," Blanchard said. "At these times, the so-called afterglow of the GRB was ...

A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus.

Some of the most massive and influential stars in the universe are OB stars. These blue giants, many times more massive than ...

And the discovery coincides with a mysterious flash, observed in 2015, thought to be the brightest supernova on record. Turns out, it probably wasn't a supernova at all. Follow Tech Insider ...

A type Ia supernova occurs when a white dwarf draws hydrogen from a companion. But Sirius A and B are too widely separated ...

Venus, pictured here, is the brightest of the planets in our solar system. No planet other planet will be brighter unless it goes supernova, planetariums say.

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.