Since 2018 the Zwicky Transient Facility, an international astronomical collaboration based at the Palomar Observatory in ...

Lots of things out in the universe can cause a supernova, from the gravitational collapse of a massive star, to the collision ...

The spiral arms of Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, have been imaged by the Dark Energy Camera in ...

NASA's new Landolt mission, launching in 2029, will orbit an artificial star around Earth to enhance stellar and planetary ...

For decades, scientists have disagreed about a fundamental question: how quickly is the Universe expanding? But this year, ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it happened. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1637 showcases ongoing star formation and the effects of supernovae like SN 1999EM in shaping galactic ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

As massive stars reach their fiery demise, collapsing in on themselves before exploding as supernovae, they emit a fleeting burst of neutrinos before the dazzling light show begins. In this talk ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence that astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae are inconsistent with observational gamma-ray astronomy. Team members included ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, which leave behind a black hole or a neutron star, are so energetic they ...