Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...

Whether witnessed in the birth and growth of individual galaxies or in the formation of galaxy clusters and other mind-numbingly enormous cosmic structures—so much of what we see in the cosmos is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was ...

Amy Lien receives funding from the NASA Citizen Science Seed Funding Program. When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes ...

Brad E Tucker receives funding from the Australian Research Council and ACT Government. What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter ...