Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

For over a decade, scientists have waited for a glimpse beneath the cosmic dust veiling the galaxy. Now, using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope, they've unveiled over 1.5 billion ...

In a groundbreaking cosmic revelation, astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a dying star erupting in a rare ...

According to a fairly new theory, white dwarfs can explode twice in a row in certain circumstances. For the first time, we ...

Astronomers had long been suspecting that some stars do meet their end of life with a dual detonation and new images prove ...

Astronomers have captured the first-ever visual evidence of awhite dwarf star exploding twice in a remarkable supernova event ...

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of locals and tourists, ...

The blaze comes as southern Europe contends with an acute summer heatwave which has killed people in several countries.

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of ...

A scorching heatwave across parts of Europe this week has been linked to half a dozen deaths, fuelled wildfires in Greece and Turkey and piled pressure on the continent’s already stressed waterways.