When a star in the nearby galaxy NGC 2146 exploded in late 2024, it barely registered by supernova standards. The blast, ...

A supernova - the explosive death of a star - is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind ...

Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical ...

In 2023, scientists detected a subatomic particle called a neutrino hitting Earth with an energy level so extreme it seemed impossible. No known ...

A bizarre, record-breaking neutrino detected in 2023 may have originated from an exploding primordial black hole—a relic from ...

This artist's impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav–Swinburne ...

An Australian-led study has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, shedding light on one of the most cataclysmic events in the universe. SCIENCE & TECHNOOGY ...

The study, published in Nature, uses gravitational wave observations to probe how the most massive stars end their lives, ...

An Australian-led study published in Nature finds evidence of a rare pair-instability supernova, supporting a “forbidden gap” ...

An Australian-led study published in Nature found evidence of rare exploding stars called pair-instability supernovae, revealing a “forbidden gap” in black hole masses and offering new insights into h ...

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer reveals the expansion and shock patterns within RCW 86, a supernova observed by ...