When scientists discovered an enormous black hole thousands of light-years from where it ought to be in space, they knew they ...

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a white dwarf star consuming the remnants of a Pluto-like object - a scenario that may predict what will happen to planets in our own ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a massive red supergiant star just before it exploded, finally solving a cosmic ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed view yet of a red supergiant star just before it exploded, hidden beneath layers ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finds a red supergiant star before it exploded, offering new clues to why their supernovas ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant ...

According to theory, massive red supergiant stars should cause most supernovae, yet they are rarely observed. New James Webb ...

Astronomers using JWST have captured the clearest view yet of a doomed red supergiant star just before it exploded, solving a ...

In honour of the 2026 Herald Good Food Guide, out this week, I’d like to offer an update to my own annual publication, The ...