Supernova
Hubble Photographs the Crab Nebula’s Beating Heart
The photograph is a composite of three images each taken a decade apart and shows the swirling center of the Crab Nebula in unprecedented detail.
The Women Making California's Weed Industry Less White
As California enacts new regulations for medical marijuana, Supernova Women—an Oakland-based organization of women of color—is helping to make sure those policies don’t ignore minorities and victims of the war on drugs.
Tiny Satellites Are Telling Us About How Super Bright Stars Are Formed
Canada's BRITE mission is studying the brightest stars in the sky.
For the First Time, Witness the Shockwave of an Exploding Star
The Kepler telescope is still making magic happen after all these years.
Extra Bright Supernova Could Change the Way We Measure the Universe
This could change the way we view standard candles.
This Record-Breaking Supernova Shone 570 Billion Times Brighter than the Sun
ASASSN-15lh will melt your face off.
Astronomers Find the Milky Way's Oldest Stars
They existed before our galaxy was even formed and contain traces of the first stars in the universe.
Check Out These New, Gorgeous Hubble Telescope Shots of the Veil Nebula
Warning: this video may make you want to go to the Pink Floyd light show at your local planetarium.
These Runaway Stars Went Supernova in Deep-Space
Life in intergalactic space has its bonuses ... until your star explodes.
This Dying Star Is One of the Most Massive White Dwarfs Ever Discovered
And as far as scientists know, there's only one star like it in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Canadian Researchers Are Google Mapping Blackholes and Supernovas
And a cellphone app is in the works, so you can observe black holes on your iPhone.