The Blaze Star's previous known explosion is said to have taken place 80 years ago in 1946.

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's ...

For nearly a decade, scientists have been trying to understand a set of strange blue flashes coming from deep space. These ...

Venus (mag. -3.9, in Gemini – the Twins), soon to reach superior solar conjunction, becomes visible 20 degrees above the ...

According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here's how they plan to crack the case.

A study published May 13 in Physical Review Letters has confirmed that radioactive iron forged inside an exploding star has ...

Astronomers call this "eruptive mass loss," and it's a stellar drama we're still trying to fully grasp.

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant ...

Neutron stars are the densely compact cores remaining as one possible result of a supernova. These star remnants are ...

Scientists have uncovered rare traces of a radioactive iron isotope buried deep inside Antarctic ice, offering new evidence ...