Around 11,300 years ago, a massive star teetered on the precipice of annihilation. It pulsed with energy as it expelled its outer layers, shedding the material into space. Eventually it exploded as a ...

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help ...

The protocol used to find these young supernova explosions could be used on data from the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

The related results were published today Beijing time in the internationally renowned academic journal Science Advances. Reviewers highly praised the research, considering it a 'textbook' case that ...

"Black-hole mergers can be understood as a superposition of different signals, just like the music of an orchestra consistent ...

A distant supernova exposed elements from a star’s core. The result reshapes ideas of how massive stars evolve. According to long-standing theory, stars are built in layers like onions, with each ...

Massive stars, which have more than eight times the mass of the Sun, play a decisive role in the evolution of the universe. They profoundly alter the physical and chemical properties of the ...

Early results from the Einstein Probe identify soft X-ray events, questioning standard gamma-ray burst emission models.

New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and explode.

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

Hubble has uncovered a rare ultra-massive white dwarf created in a violent star merger. Once thought to be ordinary, the star’s ultraviolet signature revealed its explosive history and hinted that ...