Is a star about to explode in the night sky? If predictions come true, T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) could become visible for a ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and these signals offer new insights into how massive stars meet their demise.

An international team analyzed data from NASA's Fermi space telescope and detected gamma rays from a rare and exceptionally ...

A team of astronomers employing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered the most distant exploding star to be recorded spectroscopically, giving scientists a glimpse into the early days ...

A University of Virginia doctoral student and a team of astronomers have, for the first time, captured radio waves from a rare class of exploding star, giving them an unprecedented look into the final ...

In recent years, whenever astronomers have gazed into the night sky, they’ve noticed something peculiar: Some of its massive stars—the true titans of the cosmos—appear to be missing. The largest of ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

A new method could improve cosmology research by analyzing supernovae together with the galaxies that host them.

Maybe music artist Moby was right, and “we are all made of stars.” New research suggests the calcium in our teeth and bones came from star explosions. Researchers from Northwestern University looked ...

Astronomers call this "eruptive mass loss," and it's a stellar drama we're still trying to fully grasp. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

A supernova is one of the most powerful events that can happen in the Universe - we are talking, after all, about a star exploding – and because of that, they have always been actively researched by ...