In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries." ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given ...

The signals provide astronomers with a look into the life, and death, of a massive star exploding into a supernova.

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star dies.

On April 10, 2024, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected first light from an explosion of a massive star with roughly 12 to 15 times the sun’s mass. Just 26 hours later, ...

For about three years now, scientists have been anticipating a nova explosion. Specifically, the explosion of the binary star ...

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

What happens to a large star near the end of its lifetime before it explodes as a supernova? This is what a recent study ...

T Coronae Borealis, a star system 3,000 light-years away, is expected to erupt as a nova in June 2026, briefly becoming ...

Solar storms are eruptions that release some of the energy stored in the sun's strong magnetic field. These can create ...