Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

Astrophotographer captures stunning image of Vela supernova remnant. The dramatic scene is located in the constellation Vela in the Southern Hemisphere sky.

The Vela pulsar is one of the closest pulsars to us, and is blowing what's called a "pulsar wind nebula," which is a smaller nebula inside the larger supernova remnant formed of charged particles ...

TWO new stars have suddenly appeared in the night sky, caused by some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. Two ...

The night sky sometimes holds spectacular surprises. Two new stars have appeared in less than two weeks, an extremely rare phenomenon. These sudden bursts of light come from stellar ...

This image shows the Vela pulsar wind nebula. Light blue represents X-ray polarization data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colors correspond to data from NASA ...

A spinning dead star about 1,000 light-years away, in the constellation Vela, raises questions about how pulsars can emit such extreme radiation.

Astronomers have taken the most detailed image of the Vela supernova remnant ever. The stunning, 1.3-gigapixel image is also the largest ever released from the Dark Energy Camera.

Despite being middle-aged, Vela’s highly polarized X-ray light has unveiled the invisible field at its nebula’s core and in its acceleration zone.

This image shows the Vela pulsar wind nebula. Light blue represents X-ray polarization data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colors correspond to data from NASA ...