Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...

The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dutch ...

An image from NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory shows a glowing hand stretching across the cosmos with its palm and fingers sculpted from the wreckage of a massive stellar explosion. When you purchase ...

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In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

Data from NuSTAR and Chandra provide evidence for the existence of a structure known as a "pulsar wind nebula" at the center of the Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A). A pulsar wind nebula (shown as an ...