Twenty years ago, astronomers witnessed one of the brightest stellar explosions in more than 400 years. The titanic supernova, called SN 1987A, blazed with the power of 100 million suns for several ...

Astronomers now have evidence from two X-ray telescopes (Chandra and NuSTAR) for a key component of a famous supernova remnant. This latest study shows that a "pulsar wind nebula" created by such a ...

NASA just released a new image from its Webb Space Telescope of renowned supernova SN 1987A, located 168,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was first discovered in February 1987, ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed previously undiscovered structures in the SN 1987A supernova. Researchers hope the new observations will shed light on how stars die. Photo Courtesy of ...

Astronomers studying a famous supernova located 168,000 light-years from Earth have made new observations inside the structure that may help unlock the mysteries of exploding stars. The supernova, ...

The aftermath of a massive stellar explosion turns out to be much dustier than scientists expected, recent NASA observations revealed. When a red giant star nears the end of its life, it sheds its ...

John W. Townsend Jr., an American rocket and satellite pioneer who ran NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center from 1987 to 1990, died from lung cancer Oct. 29 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. He ...