Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

After reviewing a massive stellar explosion, researchers believe they spotted a never-before-seen type of supernova that ...

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as ...

A supernova likely triggered by the destructive pull of a nearby black hole has been observed by astronomers in a spectacular ...

Not all supernovae go quietly into the cosmic night some fight to the very end. That is how Alexander Gagliano, the lead ...

The simplest explanation — that Punctum is an extreme example of something familiar — hasn’t been ruled out. A magnetar in an unusual environment, a supernova remnant tangled with dense material, or ...

An artist's illustration depicts a massive star being stretched by the gravitational pull of a nearby black hole, just before ...

Collisions between the stellar explosion and shells of material from earlier interactions located above and below the disk, ...

The Webb telescope found that a far-off little red dot is the oldest known black hole, shrouded by gas that could help explain the ruby color.

The explosion of a star was detected using an AI tool designed to instantly identify unusual cosmic phenomena.