"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

Just 150 light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has identified an exceptional binary system. These two stars, ...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the pair are in close orbit, the heavier of the two theoretically accumulates ...

A faint cosmic spin – one rotation per 500 billion years – could resolve the stubborn Hubble tension by tweaking standard ...

A rogue magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, is crossing our galaxy without a clear trace of its birth, according to a study ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for collision, located just 150 light-years away. When the pair impact, they will ...

In the new study, published April 4 in the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers revealed ... is destined to die as a type 1a supernova — one of the most powerful types of stellar explosions.

This discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, has not only found such ... dwarf binary that will undoubtedly lead to a type 1a supernova on a timescale close to the age of the universe." ...

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...

This discovery, published today in Nature Astronomy, has not only found such ... dwarf binary that will undoubtedly lead to a type 1a supernova on a timescale close to the age of the universe." ...