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 ...

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

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

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.

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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 ...

"No low-frequency radio image of the entire Southern Galactic Plane has been published before, making this an exciting ...

This supernova is a Type II, Quimby said in a statement, because it contains hydrogen. Most Type II supernovae are thought to result when the cores of massive stars, those seven to eight times or more ...

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 ...