New research led by Gonzalo Muñoz-Sanchez at the National Observatory of Athens, published in Nature Astronomy, finds that ...

The QUB study claims this explosion is as bright as billions of suns but lasts half as long as supernovae, which suggests it is a new type of cosmic phenomenon. Researchers at Queen’s University ...

When a star in the nearby galaxy NGC 2146 exploded in late 2024, it barely registered by supernova standards. The blast, ...

A new analysis from NASA using the Hubble Space Telescope shows that the Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova recorded in 1054, is still rapidly expanding, offering rare, direct evidence that the ...

Luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) are among the universe's brightest and fastest explosions but their origin is not completely understood. A new study takes a closer look at the galaxies ...

A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...

Using the powerful instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found new features in the remains of this exploded star, including a ‘green monster’. The James Webb Space Telescope ...

"The most famous supernova was that of 1054. Records show it was visible for a few weeks in daytime. It was also named the “Crab Nebula” by the Third Earl of Ross using a 0.9m telescope that he had ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

A rare cosmic explosion, which outshines most supernovae in the universe, has been spotted by researchers at Queen's University Belfast. The unusual new blast analysed by researchers is as bright as ...

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