In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...
About 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, there exists WOH G64, a gigantic star 2,000 times the size of our Sun. Recent observations with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...
Editor’s note: This article was originally published Aug. 13, 2025, and has been updated to include new text and illustrations featured in the January 2026 issue of Astronomy. Using an artificial ...