CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather ...

As astronomers have learned more about the tumultuous and unforgiving nature of the universe, we've been comforted to know that there are no stars in our cosmic backyard threatening to go supernova.

In 2018, a patch of sky 11 billion light-years away suddenly exploded with light. Researchers thought the galaxy looked ...

Is there anything more dramatic than an exploding star? More than just extraordinarily bright, energetic events that can ...

(JNS) A 30-minute drive through the stunning mountain scenery from Paphos to Miliou, one of Cyprus’s smallest villages, leads to Secret Forest, a temple of wellness, alongside currents of healing ...

WASHINGTON — A huge exploding faraway star — the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen — has scientists wondering if a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to ...

A small, bright object that first flared up in June could be the brightest, most powerful supernova ever spotted by astronomers. If it is indeed a supernova, the object ASASSN-15lh pushes the upper ...

Everyone knows that projectors plus daylight usually equals a crappy picture, and there isn’t much to do about it besides boarding up your windows or building a fancy home theatre—until now. The ...