The catastrophic blast was 10 times stronger and brighter than a typical supernova. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists ...

A bizarre star may have its origins in one of the most energetic events in the cosmos. Astronomers have found that a star with a very unusual composition may have formed in the wake of a new type of ...

This analysis confirms the existence of a jet emerging from the nucleus of the star, producing the GRB, and adds a new component to the picture During the early phases, the jet interacts with the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Unlike our Sun, which is a relatively low mass star and which will gradually fade before expanding into a red giant at the end of its life, larger mass stars undergo extreme explosive events when they ...

The peculiar elemental makeup of one star in the Milky Way could be due to a massive type of stellar collapse in the early universe, a team of astronomers announced today. The finding could help ...

An extraordinarily powerful "superluminous supernova" that occurred 10.5 billion years ago is the most distant star explosion ever observed, a new study reports. The Big Bang occurred about 13.8 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have detected an extremely unusual star that they believe is a stellar fossil, or ...

Violent explosions of massive, magnetized stars may forge most of the universe’s heavy elements, such as silver and uranium. The ancient star’s elements aren’t from the remnants of a neutron star ...