People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on ...

It’s ok, Darth Vader hasn’t got our humble planet in his sights! No this Death Star is a binary system where both stars are ...

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

Decades of W.M. Keck Observatory research on the famed Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star” system has taken a new turn, revealing more mystery but reducing concerns about its potential as the “Death Star.” ...

A new study has shed light on the orbital alignment of the well-known Wolf-Rayet 104 (WR 104) system, long considered a potential threat due to its speculated gamma-ray burst (GRB) risk. Observations ...

A cubesat, a type of small satellite in the shape of a cube with 10-centimetre-long edges, GRBAlpha was designed as ...

The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) is the deepest image of the Universe, created from a decade of observations in the Fornax constellation. Hubble captured the massive galaxy cluster MACS ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star,” previously nicknamed the “Death Star.” New research ...

Hermes, the mini satellite constellation dedicated to observing the most powerful explosions in the Universe, Gamma Ray Bursts ... of stars that explode in supernova. "Thanks to their spatial ...

The haunting words of an American Airlines pilot moments before the plane burst into flames can be revealed. Flight 1006 was diverted due to an emergency, which saw smoke billow through the plane ...