Something we’ve never seen before is coming out of a solar system in our galaxy, astronomers say - Blasts of gas travelling ...
Betelgeuse is one of the most famous stars in the night sky. Sitting on the shoulder of the Orion constellation, this ...
Astronomers have detected the magnetic signature surrounding a gamma-ray burst afterglow for the first time, opening a new way to study the extreme physics behind these cosmic explosions. The ...
A new data-gathering project at a Chilean observatory will provide reams of new data for scientists around the globe A new data-gathering project at a Chilean observatory has Duke physicists bracing ...
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 ...
The universe is haunted by "cosmic ghosts" called neutrinos, which seem to be the "whispers" of stars that died in supernova ...
The James Webb Space Telescope is weighing in on a longstanding debate over why we don’t see more of the most massive red supergiant stars go supernova. NASA/ESA/CSA/Northrop Grumman In recent years, ...