It's the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without one final show, it appears — and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured ...

Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions ...

Astronomers are really clever, and they've concocted new ways to do just that. They use a global network of telescopes, always watching the skies.

You might think only billion-dollar telescopes and professional observatories can contribute to cutting-edge space science.

Through a systematic, multi-year monitoring with China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese scientists have, for the first time, witnessed the year-to-year evolution ...

Forecasting volcanic eruptions in time to alert authorities and populations remains a major global challenge. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers and engineers from the Institut ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given them an unprecedented look into the final years of a massive star before ...

The Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun disasters were unlike any volcanic eruption before them. Instead of lava or ash, these lakes released massive clouds of carbon dioxide that rolled silently through nearby ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s concept of a supermassive black hole launching a jet of particles and radiation into space. (Elen11/Getty Images) The ...

A sunspot erupted earlier today producing an X1.9-class solar flare. The light and X-rays produced passed Earth about 8 minutes later, at the speed of light. Other WRAL Top Stories Look closely at the ...