Astronomers have solved the mystery of a star that has baffled scientists for over a century, finding it is a cannibal white ...

Global cooling associated with the impact of supernova remnants may have affected plants and animals, including species related to humans.

Astronomers have a new explanation for the strange behavior of the double star system V Sagittae, which has puzzled them for more than a century. The discovery suggests that Earthlings could soon be ...

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

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

Did exploding stars help shape human evolution? A bold hypothesis suggests supernovae cooled Earth’s climate and nudged our ...

Astronomers have uncovered the violent secret of V Sagittae, a white dwarf star consuming its companion in a spectacular ...

Astronomers have seen a lot of stars explode, but one unusual stellar death is forcing them to rethink what they thought they ...

A supernova blast 2.2 billion light-years from Earth has given astronomers a deeper view into a star's centre than ever ...

Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

Eventually it exploded as a supernova, and its remnant is one of the most studied supernova remnants (SNR). It's called ...