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

"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a ...

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

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

Scientists may have to rethink their playbook for studying gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful known cosmic explosions, after a blast detected in July set a new record by firing energetic jets for ...

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

A space explosion detected this summer burned for days on end, making it the longest and most unusual gamma-ray burst ever seen. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most powerful explosions. They ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Space scientists have just released spectacular images documenting the death of a star, a process that has been continuously ...