New satellite data has shed light on how mysterious gravitational forces may have shaped the universe. The first survey data ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

A supernova is a dramatic event in which a star violently explodes towards the end of its life cycle. In a striking image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the supernova explosion of a star ...

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 say these super-powerful blasts ...

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

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...

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 ...

Solar Opposites is going supernova. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Hulu’s first family of aliens is finally leaving Earth, with ...