Our Sun is actually a cosmic refugee. Around 4.6 billion years ago, it first ignited in a hostile, radiation-blasted neighborhood 10,000 light-years closer to the Milky Way’s center than it is now.

A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory ...

Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects in the universe. A special class of neutron stars, they are celestial bodies that pack the mass of the Sun in a sphere the size of a city. On top of that ...

The final dance of a black hole and a neutron star before their ultimate merger has been revealed, according to new research.

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, concluding a mission that helped scientists better understand the radiation belts protecting the planet.

The mystery of superluminous supernovae has finally been solved, as researchers have conclusively linked these cosmic phenomena to magnetars.

Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star or "magnetar" for the first time. The observation of this event, triggered by the death ...

"The sun may not have arrived in a life-friendly environment purely by chance." ...

Researchers found a magnetic star core acting as a high speed engine to power a record breaking luminous supernova.