This revelation means scientists might have to rethink Type II supernova models, which would result in some of these cosmic ...

The V Sge system features a massive star being intensely cannibalized by a dense stellar remnant, likely a white dwarf or a ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

Scientists trying to work out whether a star exploded and the resulting debris crashed into Earth 10 million years ago may be one step closer to solving the mystery. They discovered an unusual amount ...

In the 1960s, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests ...

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

Is there anything more dramatic than an exploding star? More than just extraordinarily bright, energetic events that can ...

Khan gives the true reason why Ceti Alpha VI exploded, which doomed Khan and his people's attempts to build a paradise on ...