A big bully pummeled our sun in its infancy, fatefully altering the composition and evolution of the solar system, a new study suggests. The heavy, in this case, was a nearby, massive star. First, the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather ...

As astronomers have learned more about the tumultuous and unforgiving nature of the universe, we've been comforted to know that there are no stars in our cosmic backyard threatening to go supernova.

The Sun had "sisters" when it was born, according to new research — hundreds or thousands of them. At least one was a supernova, providing further support for the idea that there could be lots of ...

The supernova, pinpointed by amateur astronomers, could prove to be a lynchpin in our understanding of massive star deaths. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Astrophysicists around the world are looking to the skies at one star, in particular, Betelgeuse, as it's begun to dim, indicating that it could explode relatively soon. Neil deGrasse Tyson has taken ...

Located in the constellation Leo, approximately 150 million light-years away, the small galaxy UGC 5189A, which hosted a supernova 2.5 billion times brighter than the Sun, is seen in remarkable detail ...

The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather than being an ...