Ancient explosion was a rare supernova

It’s a source of some frustration that the last time we spotted a supernova in the Milky Way Galaxy – all the way back in 1604 – no one had a telescope to point at it. We have to content ourselves wit

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe

Sometime in the next year or so, if predictions are to believed, you’re going to be hearing a lot about a famous star. T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB for short, was the first well-observed nova, blossom

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about ...

In the 17th century, the great maritime nations were vying to solve a puzzle that had confounded philosophers for many centuries: how to determine exact positions on the Earth’s surface. And in Britai