Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed ...

In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars. Other than black holes, these are the densest ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

As part of this, the research team calculated the supernova rate within 20 parsecs of the Sun, or approximately 65 ...

Scientists from Keele University have found strong evidence that some of Earth’s past mass extinctions could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions—massive star explosions in the Milky Way.