A dead galaxy shouldn't produce bursts of radio light. Yet this 11 billion-year-old one did — throwing scientists for a loop.

An international team of astronomers has investigated a newly detected Type II supernova designated SN 2024jlf. The new study ...

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has identified what's causing mysterious lights in the outskirts of ...

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A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant ...

Scientists have uncovered the long-sought mechanism behind low-field magnetars, showing that supernova fallback material ...

An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers with a new global geologic time ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the night sky. The exploding ...

and these stars gain tremendously powerful magnetic fields when matter ejected from during their explosive supernova deaths falls back toward them. Scientists say the discovery of this dynamo-like ...

And the discovery coincides with a mysterious flash, observed in 2015, thought to be the brightest supernova on record. Turns out, it probably wasn't a supernova at all. Follow Tech Insider ...

The discovery of supernova remnants in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud confirms that stellar explosions can happen beyond a galaxy's main body. For the first time, this allows ...