When stars blow up, they tend to release their energy in a roughly spherical shape. But much after the initial…
Neutrinos are puzzling things. They're tiny particles, almost massless, with no electrical charge. They're notoriously difficult to detect, too, and…
A brilliant blue star has disappeared from view, which could mean it became a black hole in a novel way.
For the child inside all of us space-enthusiasts, there might be nothing better than discovering a new type of explosion.…
It's easy to run out of superlatives and adjectives when your puny human language is trying to describe humongously-energetic events…
It’s been said that dust built the Universe. And it turns out dust may be the culprit for building up…
A new paper by two Harvard professors explores the idea of using supernova as a means of high-speed interstellar travel…
Super-luminous supernovae are the brightest explosions in the Universe. In just a few months, a super-luminous supernova can release as…
The star V Sagittae is the next candidate to explode in stellar pyrotechnics, and a team of astronomers set the…
A NASA image showcases the beauty of the NGC 5468 galaxy, which has experienced 5 supernovae in the last 20…