Astronomers call this "eruptive mass loss," and it's a stellar drama we're still trying to fully grasp.
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new supernova remnant (SNR) using radio observations. The ...
A mysterious cosmic explosion has astronomers buzzing, as a strange event may hint at an entirely new kind of stellar ...
The Perseus Cluster is a massive galaxy cluster located in the constellation Perseus. It is one of the largest structures in ...
Spread the loveIntroduction In a remarkable discovery that could reshape our understanding of cosmic phenomena, astronomers led by Mansi Kasliwal from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) ...
Astronomers are investigating a rare cosmic event called a 'superkilonova,' which may have involved both a supernova and a kilonova from the same massive star system. The event, more than a billion ...
When the first gravitational wave (GW) was detected back in 2015, scientists said they had opened a new window into the Universe. While most of astronomy is based on detecting electromagnetic energy, ...
Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...