Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed ...

Astronomers have identified the source of strange radio flashes: a binary system containing a white dwarf, the remnant of a ...

Notably, these two types of stars have different origins: a neutron star is formed when a massive star undergoes a supernova explosion, while a white dwarf emerges when a star with a low to medium ...

Do we inhabit a cosmic wasteland teeming with remnants of massive stellar explosions? Recent research proposes that approximately 10 million years ago, Earth and its Moon were bombarded by debris from ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

As the great detective said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ...

One of the common misconceptions about black holes is that they devour not only matter, but also the history of that matter.

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.

How could they? A star from dozens of lightyears away was to blame for what would soon happen. Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart ...