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

A flash of energetic light lasts only ten seconds, yet it has completely turned around our understanding of the timeline for ...

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 ...

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.

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

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, ...

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.

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

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

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