When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images When the bright star Betelgeuse explodes, ...

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.

Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best ...

The universe is a chaotic place filled with exploding stars, material falling into black holes, and rogue planets wandering off on their own. All that chaos makes astronomers suspicious when they ...

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’ ...

Astronomers used data from multiple space telescopes to create 3D models of celestial objects. These models help scientists understand how stars explode and die (supernovae). The models show the ...