Hello everyone! Full moon is tomorrow and although it’s called the Worm Moon, I personally prefer the term “Lenten Moon” ...

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse was captured by the Herschel Space Observatory. There are only two nearby stars that could go supernova within the next million years or so: Antares and Betelgeuse.

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

Supernovas are the most powerful explosions humans have ever seen – but just how close are we? (Picture: NASA Goddard / SWNS) Exploding stars may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up ...

The line became known as the main sequence. Competing groups of astronomers came up with different ways to categorize main ...

For most of its life, the star mainly does one thing – turn hydrogen ... The most famous is to puff up to become a red giant. Based on color alone, red giants or supergiants look like M-type ...

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...