A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an international team of astronomers led by Penn State scientists. The burst, known ...

Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light and particles, including a ...

A sudden, mysterious burst of bright light in the sky could be from a black hole devouring a vast, unusually bare star. In 2018, astronomers spotted a new kind of cosmic explosion that became brighter ...

The birth of massive stars involves gravity, turbulence, and stellar feedback, all of which influence the flow of matter. Find out more here: ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration led no shortage of scientific breakthroughs in 2025: from launching ...

A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an ...

When most people think of a supernova, they're thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive stars that have reached the end of their time on the main sequence. They've used up ...

New studies reveal how metallicity and stellar evolution determine whether massive stars expand into red supergiants prior to Type II supernova explosions.

The Cat's Eye Nebula is located 4,400 light-years away in the constellation Draco.

In Part III of our epic tour of Japan’s Kyushu Island, we take you into Kagoshima Prefecture – where the smoke-plumed bulk of Sakurajima looms over gardens, lava fields and late-night shochu bars ...