supernovae
Most Tilted Black Hole Ever Could Change What We Know About How They Form
The black hole is stealing material from a companion star, in a process that could show how black holes get a kick from supernova explosions that form them.
Is Weird Dimming a Sign This Star Is About to Explode?
Betelgeuse a nearby red supergiant star which is up to 20 times more massive than our sun.
Astronomers Detect Brightest Source of High-energy Light in the Universe
A typical gamma ray burst lasting seconds or minutes produces about the same energy as our sun does over the course of its entire multi-billion-year lifecycle.
Astronomers Snap Incredible Image of the Milky Way's Galactic Center
The center of our galaxy is located around 26,500 light-years away from Earth.
Scientists Catch Glimpse of Moments Before Star's Death
The latest findings shed new light on supernova explosions and the late stages of stellar evolution.
You Can Help Identify the Next Supernova
You can help astrophysicists keep track of unidentified supernovas in the universe, and be recognized as a co-discoverer.
Astronomers Detect 72 Bright Unexplained Explosions
The strange events were identified by a project set up to investigate dark energy, an unexplained force that scientists think is accelerating the universe's expansion.
NASA Kepler Reveals New Kind of Supernova
"When I first saw the Kepler data...my jaw dropped. I said, 'Oh wow!'"
Astronomers Find Most Distant Supernova Yet Discovered
When massive stars come to the end of their life cycles, they self-destruct in a cataclysmic final explosion.
College Students Crack 60-Year Electron Mystery
Some long-lost electrons are lost no more.