Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

In an unprecedented astronomical event, scientists are left astounded by the mysterious disappearance of a star without the expected explosive finale. Typically, stars end their life cycle in a ...

Researchers are studying a rare double star explosion that could change how we understand space events. Astronomers may have seen a space event that has never been clearly confirmed before. It is ...

A gamma-ray burst (GRB) — the most energetic type of explosion in the universe since the Big Bang — is detected once every day, on average. But what happened on July 2, 2025, was highly unusual: ...

The next time you use your phone, you should raise your eyes to the skies and say thanks to ... a dying star. More specifically, you should thank the explosions that happen on a class of celestial ...

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole. When you purchase through links ...