New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

For decades, astronomers have tracked changes in its brightness and surface features in hopes of figuring out why the star ...

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Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026.

The James Webb Space Telescope is one of the most powerful telescopes ever made by NASA till now. It continues to help us set ...

Photographer spends eight hours in a boat to get this shot in Tahiti, but it all comes down to a fraction of a second ...

The 2026 Beijing New Year Countdown celebration at the Juyongguan Great Wall, January 1, 2026 in Beijing, China. At 11 a.m. ET, revelers counted down to the new year in Hong Kong. Revellers celebrate ...

A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The ...

The new year has arrived, and the Quadrantid meteor shower is coming in hot. Here’s how to see this often-spectacular shower ...

Fireworks explode around the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) ...

Between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, the high temperature will be 55 degrees and the low will be 43. A calm wind is ...