A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Using Georgia State’s CHARA Array, an international team of scientists has uncovered unexpected complexity in how stars ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

Learn about what may be the first ever superkilonova ever observed, emitting gravitational waves that hint at the collision ...

The John N. Bahcall Lecture Series Presenter: Robert Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University Exploding stars halfway across the universe show that the expansion of the universe is ...

Engineers intentionally blew up a full-scale prototype of an inflatable space module that could be used in future missions. Watch the big bang unfold here. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

SpaceX reportedly informed the FAA about the mishap after the agency had already activated debris response areas.

The world's telescopes descended on the aftermath of the cosmic explosion to try to work out what it had originated from - ...

Stuck on a slow bus in Sofia, Bulgaria, Svetoslav Alexandrov passed the time using a mobile app to compare before-and-after images taken of space. The game, part of a citizen science project, was to ...