Fast blue optical transients still defy explanation
Sky surveys keep catching a kind of cosmic explosion that astronomers can’t explain. They call them fast blue…
Many black holes had past lives, new research shows | MIT News
When a star dies, a black hole is born. This has been the textbook origin story for most…
New Supernova Study Confirms Universe’s Expansion is Still Accelerating
A fresh analysis of Type Ia supernovae overturns a controversial 2025 claim that cosmic expansion is slowing. Type…
Ghostly neutrinos come into focus as China’s Juno underground detector logs first high‑precision results
First scientific results from Juno neutrino detectorMost precise measurements yet of two neutrino aspectsThese subatomic particles can pass…
A supernova remnant may have been discovered in the Milky Way
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the supernova SN 1993J. Thanks to the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers…
Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator,…
The explosive fate of a collapsing star depends on neutrinos
A dying massive star does not go quietly. Its core collapses, matter crashes inward, neutrinos pour out in…
AI-based method to unlock the secrets of supernova light and Universe expansion
Type Ia supernovae are a class of exploding stars that play a central role in measuring cosmic distances.…
Fermi Identifies Hidden Engine behind Superluminous Supernovae
New gamma-ray observations from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope suggest ultra-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could be fueling superluminous…
Supernova Comic Con event to continue for second day as police investigate pedestrian death
The Supernova Comic Con & Gaming convention will continue later today with a minute’s silence after an attendee…
Massive stars may explode without forming black holes: Study
A supernova – the explosive death of a star – is always violent, blasting material into space while…
Newborn magnetar offers rare evidence of Einstein’s relativity in a stellar explosion
The light did not fade the way it was supposed to. After blazing into view about a billion…