A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

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How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, successfully probed the early universe. An international group of astronomers has reached a new milestone in studying the early universe.

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

A single gamma-ray burst has forced astronomers to redraw their mental map of how the most violent explosions in the universe ...

Astronomers have caught a cosmic explosion doing something it was never supposed to do, firing off three powerful gamma-ray ...