The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

In a massive explosion of a black hole ripping apart a star, a dense gas cocoon was found surrounding the explosion, ...

The natural world is constantly surprising us, and now new research has suggested that ’fountains of diamonds’ could be sent ...

Scientists have precisely measured two unstable atomic nuclei that play a crucial role in explosive X-ray bursts on neutron stars. The results reveal faster nuclear reactions than previously thought, ...

NASA’s Chandra Observatory reveals a 25-year time-lapse of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant. Glowing debris expands at different ...