Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

Columbia Professor Brian Metzger helped other astronomers interpret their observations of the unexpected stellar event.

The universe may have staged a cosmic double act, an explosion within an explosion, hinting at a new way the heaviest ...

The Webb space telescope observed a supernova that took place when the universe was 730 million years old, setting a new ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the ...

This artist's impression shows, about 22 million light-years away, the supernova SN 2024ggi exploding in the galaxy NGC 3621. (ESO/L. Calçada via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists have revealed for the ...

A rare supernova let scientists glimpse a star's interior, revealing a dense silicon-sulphur shell and unexpected helium that should have vanished earlier. (Nanowerk News) An exploding star has given ...

The JetBlue flight was headed from Cancun to Newark on Oct. 30, when it fell out of the sky for no apparent reason in a ...