Watch the moment a star explodes in a supernova — something scientists have never directly witnessed like this before. The ...

The ‘guest star’ of 185 AD has been one of astronomy's most unresolved cases for over 1800 years. Ancient Chinese chroniclers ...

Astronomers studying a distant superluminous supernova uncovered a strange pattern hidden in its light: a rapidly ...

A cosmic explosion with an energy equivalent to the output of a billion suns went unnoticed by astronomers until they caught ...

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.

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born ...

A supernova witnessed nearly 2,000 years ago is back in focus as NASA’s powerful X-ray telescope uncovers a hidden cosmic ...

New Hubble images show the Crab Nebula is still expanding and evolving nearly 1,000 years after its original supernova ...

When most people think of a supernova, they're thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive stars that have reached the end of their time on the main sequence. They've used up ...

"For years, the magnetar idea has felt almost like a theorist's magic trick." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news ...

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 ...