One of the most recognizable stars in the night sky is living on borrowed time. Betelgeuse, the ruddy point of light marking ...

A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

Astronomers watch star explode like never before – and find an entirely new way for them to die - Observations from across ...

It was what's known as a "shock breakout": the first moment that a massive dying star reveals itself, as its collapsing core shoots a blast of X-rays and ultraviolet light from trapped energy breaking ...

Learn more about what the first few moments of a supernova look like and the international collaboration that helped with ...

Primordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that these events could explain chemical patterns seen in ...

In March 2026, the Einstein Probe detected a brief flash of soft X-rays emitted from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. The flash, dubbed EP260321a, immediately triggered a worldwide ...

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant cloud of gas and dust between the stars. Scientists analyzing Antarctic ice ...

The most detailed computer simulation yet of the turbulent motion inside an exploding star has been carried out by the world’s foremost supercomputer. The results help explain how nuclear reactions in ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Astronomers have watched the death of a star like never before, and it suggests there might be a new way for them to die.