A major discovery has now been made for the first time as part of a citizen science project to search for exploding stars in real time. As the British University of Warwick explains, the “Kilonova ...

Please describe your role at RIKEN. As a principal investigator, I manage the Astrophysical Big Bang Lab. I also pursue my scientific goals as well as support lab members in realizing their research ...

Many moonless evenings the next two weeks are a great time for viewing the best of the summer stars. You may also see the remarkable occurrence of two exploding stars at once, plus the possibility of ...

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

What's the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what ...