An international team of astronomers, working with researchers from University College Dublin and other institutions, has ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made an unprecedented breakthrough, capturing the most distant ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

Learn about what may be the first ever superkilonova ever observed, emitting gravitational waves that hint at the collision ...

Astronomers report a strange cosmic blast that looked like a kilonova, then behaved like a supernova, hinting at a possible first “superkilonova” and leaving scientists debating how stars truly die.

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

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A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted from Earth during the day ...