Some of the first supernovae might have looked remarkably like this one, which was produced by a chemically simple star.

This Star Is About To Explode!

This gas loss, called a galactic wind, is likely driven by intense star formation and supernova explosions. When galaxies collide, the encounter can trigger a frenzy of star formation. Huge clouds of ...

For more than a century, cosmic rays have remained one of astronomy’s lingering puzzles. These tiny particles move through space carrying extraordinary amounts of energy, arriving from distant corners ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

Universe Today reports on new research about black holes and missing mass ranges. The article explains how gravitational waves, first detected in 2015, help scientists study black hole mergers and ...

An exploding supernova can outshine an entire galaxy. Black holes devour matter and generate enough light to be seen across the universe. Violent processes far away can propel cosmic ray protons to ...

WASHINGTON — A supernova, the explosive death of a star, is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind a compact stellar remnant like a neutron star or black hole. But ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

This is a massive star that exploded 35,000 years ago, and the deep-sky image just won an award – a first in the prestigious competition When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...