A supernova explosion occurred on July 4, 1054, resulting from the death of a star estimated to be nine to eleven times the ...

The birth of a new star seen in 1054, bright enough to dazzle humanity and visible for 20 days. An incredible cosmic event ...

Explore 6 of the most breathtaking space pictures captured by NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope, revealing the universe's wonders.

A colorized composite image captures the Veil Nebula. It’s a portion of the doughnut-shaped Cygnus Loop, the result of a supernova explosion several thousand years ago. Photograph by NASA/ESA ...

“And the biggest threat to terrapins are crab traps.” Roughly 60,000 to 80,000 terrapins drown in crab pots each year, he said. Turtle excluder devices, or TEDs — also known as bycatch reduction ...

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.

Depicting a section of the universe known as the COSMOS-Web field, the new map is far more expansive than even the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field, a view of 10,000 galaxies NASA released in 2004.

Hubble's data points to a slow inward drift of dust from Uranus' distant irregular moons, which orbit between 2.5 to 13 million miles (4 to 20 million kilometers) from the planet.

Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another. The research team studied the four largest moons of the ice giant Uranus, the ...

Feature Crab Nebula Is Seen First Time with 120-Inch By Science News Magazine Issue: Vol. 77 No. #13, March 26, 1960 Having trouble viewing this? Open in a new window Questions or comments on this ...

This stunning Hubble image of IC 758 shows a peaceful spiral galaxy with soft blue arms and a glowing core—but beneath its calm appearance lies the remnant of SN 1999bg, a massive star’s explosive ...