A new study explains how some supernovae are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case ...

Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest ...

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

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth. However, a new study from scientists at University of California Santa Cruz ...

When most people think of a supernova, they're thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive stars that have reached the end of their time on the main sequence. They've used up ...

When a star explodes, it sends high-energy particles out in all directions. This burst of energy can travel through space for thousands of light-years, traversing solar systems and even galaxies. The ...

"It's insane that something is from space can have that kind of an impact on our electronics. So we're thinking, okay, how does that have a potential impact on other aspects of our life?" When you ...

Betelgeuse, the red supergiant anchoring Orion’s left shoulder, will one day run out of fuel and collapse into a supernova ...

Some 2.5 million years ago, viruses in Lake Tanganyika experienced an unexplained explosion in diversity. A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ ...