See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

Stunning stellar explosions occur every second across the cosmos – some observable, most too distant to ever know, all of ...

Kepler's Supernova, seen in 1604, is one of the most famous exploding stars ever seen, and now astronomers think it may have ...

Often bucking tradition, these women sought knowledge of the universe and reimagined the way we view the cosmos.

Scientists have observed an explosion 180 million light years away that is unlike anything seen before. Rather than forming a typical spherical shape, the blast was flat — so flat that it has become ...

A star’s colossal flare has revealed an unexpected origin for some of the universe’s heaviest elements, including gold and ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

New 3D-printable models of Chandra X-ray Observatory images will allow you to hold a star in your hands and touch a supernova ...

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...

"It's pretty incredible to think that some of the heavy elements all around us, like the precious metals in our phones and ...

Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.