Most scientists agree the prolonged flash likely occurred when a black hole ate a star, but two other ideas can't be ruled ...

A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The mystery centers ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed close-up images ever taken of stars exploding, known as novae. These pictures ...

A PACKED plane that dropped 100ft in just seven seconds was likely struck by cosmic rays from space, scientists say. The ...

The John N. Bahcall Lecture Series Presenter: Robert Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University Exploding stars halfway across the universe show that the expansion of the universe is ...

Chinese SpaceX rival LandSpace successfully launched its Zhuque-3 rocket into orbit, but its booster exploded when attempting to reland.

Following a successful year for Starship in 2024, SpaceX has endured a series of relative disappointments for the world's largest rocket in 2025. Starship's first three test flights of the year, from ...