Astronomers expanded this cosmic taxonomy in the 2010s by discovering superluminous supernovae. These rare explosions, ...

In Latin, nova means “new.” In astronomy, that refers to a temporary bright “star” in the night sky. But the causes of these brief but brilliant stars are varied. Classical novae occur in a binary ...

A supercomputer simulation of a mere 10 milliseconds in the collapse of a massive star into a neutron star proves that these catastrophic events, often called hypernovae, can generate the enormous ...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 17, 2019)--Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. These explosions last several seconds and emit the same amount of light as nearly all the stars in the ...

This analysis confirms the existence of a jet emerging from the nucleus of the star, producing the GRB, and adds a new component to the picture During the early phases, the jet interacts with the ...

Hidden galactic relic: Researchers found 20 ancient, metal-poor stars in the Milky Way’s disk, likely from a long-lost dwarf galaxy dubbed 'Loki.' Chemical clues: Unique elemental patterns from ...

The death of a star can sometimes be among the most spectacular occurrences in the universe. Everyone has heard of supernovae-these are great events in the death of a massive star that blast amounts ...