The radiation probably originates from the scorching-hot wreckage left behind by a giant planet’s annihilation. This discovery stems from four decades of X-ray observations of the Helix Nebula ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that’s lasted over 40 years ... detectives determined a strange X-ray signal is the dying scream of a planet destroyed by a superdense ...

Dubbed the "brightest of all time," or the BOAT, a gamma-ray burst detected in 2022 continues to astound astronomers, revealing severe effects in Earth's atmosphere. When you purchase through ...

The giant planet ... s, releasing hundreds of gigawatts — enough to briefly power all of human civilization. In photos: Juno's amazing views of Jupiter Jupiter's auroras also emit unusual X-ray ...

Illustration of a planet being torn apart by tidal forces from a white dwarf. Credit: CXC/SAO/M.Weiss NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has helped track down the origin of a mysterious X-ray signal ...