The scenes track the furious expansion of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, the glowing remains of a star first spotted in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler.
Nicknamed “Cloudâ9,” this is the first confirmed detection of such an object in the Universe.
The European Space Agency (ESA) have put together highlights of exciting images and discoveries.
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals four new space images just in time for the holidays.
Scientists say the best explanation for the longest gamma ray burst is that a black hole consumed a star, but they disagree on exactly how it happened.
X-ray space telescopes spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the event on the Sun.
The Gemini South telescope is located on Cerro Pachón mountain in the Chilean Andes, at an elevation of over 2,700 meters (8,900 feet).
Researchers say the dust-producing stars in Apep are sending out dust at 1,200 to 2,000 miles per second.
Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star.