A distant stellar explosion has offered astronomers a rare natural experiment, one that turns gravity into a powerful optical ...

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

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.

Astronomers announce evidence of a rare and unprecedented cosmic event that might represent a new type of violent explosions ...

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing the ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent ...