"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." ...

It's just a matter of time before a dead star reignites in space 3,000 light years away. And you'll be able to see it with the naked eye despite the distance. Astronomers say when the explosion ...

NEW YORK — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until ...

A star exploding at the end of its life has rocked the cosmos like no other that humanity has ever seen. In 2021, astronomers watched in astonishment as a supernova 2.2 billion light-years away named ...

Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar companion. The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic ...

Within six months, Kilonova Seekers’ over 2,000 volunteers contributed more than 600,000 classifications to researchers, resulting in a total of 20 new discoveries. Now, astronomers have announced the ...

Scientists have announced that a dim star in a constellation easily visible after dark from the Northern Hemisphere may be on the verge of exploding. The binary star system, called T Corona Borealis ...