If astronomers could catch bursts of gamma rays from supernova explosions that create neutron stars near the Milky Way, the ...

Researchers have documented a rare supernova, 2023ufx, the most metal-poor stellar explosion observed, located in a dwarf ...

A test exists for a leading explanation for the nature of dark matter, but it relies on catching a supernova in the moment of ...

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...

Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting as a lens . Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada ...

Astronomers have taken a superdetailed, zoomed-in photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud's "behemoth star." The stunning image, ...

The nature of dark matter has puzzled astronomers since discovering that 85% of the universe's matter is invisible through ...

When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?

Stars with masses between 10 and 30 times that of the sun, in their final evolutionary stages, form an iron core that ...

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.

Researchers believe that observing gamma rays from a supernova could confirm the existence of axions, potentially solving the ...

Discover the explosive end of a star's life—supernovas. Learn what causes these cosmic events and their impact with ...