A nearby supernova that peppered the Earth with cosmic rays 2-3 million years ago has been blamed for an upsurge in viruses ...

Isolated by mountains along the East African Rift is Lake Tanganyika. More than 400 miles long, it is the continent's deepest ...

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

A vast cosmic explosion left behind an intricate masterpiece in the sky — delicate pink and orange filaments dancing in the ...

An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant ...

An international team of astronomers has investigated a newly detected Type II supernova designated SN 2024jlf. The new study ...

Scientists have uncovered the long-sought mechanism behind low-field magnetars, showing that supernova fallback material ...

An illustration shows a neutron star surrounded by green magnetic field lines in the fiery shell of supernova wreckage from its birth. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Out in the universe ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...