"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...
NEW YORK — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until ...
A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a cosmic phenomenon in which a star ...
Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar companion. The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic ...
Within six months, Kilonova Seekers’ over 2,000 volunteers contributed more than 600,000 classifications to researchers, resulting in a total of 20 new discoveries. Now, astronomers have announced the ...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A rare event will be visible in the sky sometime over the next few months - an exploding star system or “nova”. According to NASA, this is even less common than a ...
WASHINGTON — A massive exploding faraway star — the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen — has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much ...