Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Parkes 64-m telescope, an international team of astronomers has ...

But when the supernova finally does blow, our planet will likely have been long ago destroyed by the expansion of our own ...

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

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

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

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

When their end comes, the stars will explode in a blast making them around 200,000 times brighter than Jupiter does now.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of SN 2022aajn, a Type Ia supernova in the constellation Gemini. Located 600 million light-years away, the explosion was first ...

The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

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 ...

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