More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...

This is a supernova explosion. Astronomers aim to understand what types of stars produce different kinds of explosions. Do more massive stars result in brighter explosions? What happens if a star ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the night sky. The exploding ...

NASA captured this mosaic of the Heart and Soul nebulae which is located about 6,000 light-years from Earth. NASA captured this beautiful image of Messier 31. M31, also known as the Andromeda Galaxy, ...