A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a ...

A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a cosmic phenomenon in which a star ...

The record-setting cosmic outburst was actually a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful class of cosmic explosions.

The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 ...

A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted from Earth during the day ...

XRISM’s high-precision X-ray data revealed unusually strong signatures of chlorine and potassium inside the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. These levels are far higher than theoretical models ...

Researchers are studying a rare double star explosion that could change how we understand space events. Astronomers may have seen a space event that has never been clearly confirmed before. It is ...

"This event quite literally looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have ...

The next time you use your phone, you should raise your eyes to the skies and say thanks to ... a dying star. More specifically, you should thank the explosions that happen on a class of celestial ...

"In science fiction, there are scenes where a beam is fired at something to destroy it, causing an explosion with debris flying back at the shooter. Similar things occur in real astronomical phenomena ...