A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, challenging astronomers to rethink how neutron stars are born and collide.

A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven “superkilonova.” Although ...

When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the ...

The cosmos has delivered a rare kind of fireworks display, and astronomers are racing to understand what it means. A strange double flash from a distant galaxy appears to show two neutron stars ...

NOVA Wonders takes viewers on a journey to the frontiers of science, where researchers are tackling some of the biggest questions about life and the cosmos. From the mysteries of astrophysics to the ...

The universe may have staged a cosmic double act, an explosion within an explosion, hinting at a new way the heaviest ...

Space telescopes are typically optimized either to study a small patch of the sky across many wavelengths of light or to ...

In 2008, astronomers detected an unexplained bright object located 25 light-years from Earth in the Piscis Austrinus ...

"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 ...

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

This week’s science roundup covers 2025’s near-record heat, a new mpox strain and fresh clues about why hobbits vanished 50,000 years ago. Journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of AI “empires,” their ...