Brad E Tucker receives funding from the Australian Research Council and ACT Government. What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter ...

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is ...

PARIS: An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just five percent of its current age, astronomers said on Tuesday. The flash ...

Many a puzzled British housewife waited anxiously last week for the world to blow to pieces. As these matrons sat in their comfortable homes, a quiet voice from the radio had told them that the ...