Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

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

A superkilonova candidate event, named AT2025ulz, was observed in 2025; LIGO and Virgo first spotted gravitational waves, ...

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.

Explore the colossal red supergiant Betelgeuse in Orion and discover why astronomers are riveted by its unpredictable ...

Columbia Professor Brian Metzger helped other astronomers interpret their observations of the unexpected stellar event.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

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

Astronomers report a strange cosmic blast that looked like a kilonova, then behaved like a supernova, hinting at a possible first “superkilonova” and leaving scientists debating how stars truly die.

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