time-domain astronomy

Zwicky Classifies More Than 10,000 Exploding Stars

Even if you knew nothing about astronomy, you'd understand that exploding stars are forceful and consequential events. How could they…

4 days ago

A Black Hole Consumed a Star and Released the Light of a Trillion Suns

When a flash of light appears somewhere in the sky, astronomers notice. When it appears in a region of the…

2 years ago