What can an ancient supernova teach scientists about Earth and celestial objects? This is what a study recently published in ...

A new analysis of a mysterious line in space involving astronomers from all over the world has revealed it is actually part of a much larger structure, an arc that covers a huge portion of the sky and ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A massive star exploded around 13,000 years ago, and research now suggests that the cosmic blast may have plummeted Earth into a sudden ice age while wiping out woolly mammoths, giant ...

Unprecedented image may reveal impending supernova that could be visible from Earth K. Ohnaka et al./ESO via CNN Newsource ...

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 at Keele University say these ...

Some 2.5 million years ago, viruses in Lake Tanganyika experienced an unexplained explosion in diversity. A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ ...

Researchers use spectropolarimetry to understand what shape supernovae take when matter explodes from the surface, but it has ...

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.

A nearby supernova could ruin your whole day. It’s difficult to grasp just how powerful an event the explosion of an entire star is. The energy released as visible light every second by a typical ...

"Why are we here?" is humanity's most fundamental and persistent question. Tracing the origins of the elements is a direct ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history, according to new research. The explosive supernova deaths of ...