This illustration depicts an artist’s impression of one of the brightest explosions ever observed in space. (Image: NASA, ESA, NSF's NOIRLab, Mark Garlick, Mahdi Zamani) Astronomers using the James ...

A 10-second signal from one of the most distant points in the universe has been detected by humanity, and scientists are still trying to understand its origins. Two Earth satellites have confirmed ...

This Star Is About To Explode!

Astronomers have discovered a superluminous supernova drawing energy from a surrounding glowing structure, challenging current understanding of extreme events.

25-year time-lapse of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant. (Image: NASA/CXC/SAO) NASA shared a time-lapse video of Kepler's Supernova Remnant expanding. Chandra's X-ray images show intricate debris patterns ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Koshiba Masatoshi and Kajita Takaaki, two recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics, both made significant contributions to the world-class neutrino observatories Kamiokande and Super Kamiokande. After ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...