Chinese astronomers have detected a long-period transient event. The newfound transient, which received designation DART ...

Gamma rays emerging from neutron stars at the hearts of supernova explosions could solve the mystery of dark matter — in just ...

Scientists hope to use a gamma ray telescope to observe a future supernova to help prove the existence of dark matter.

LTV, the Latvian national broadcaster, has released the 20 competing entries at Supernova 2025. LTV, the Latvian national ...

Broadcaster LTV has made public the 20 songs that are in the running to represent Latvia at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

Researchers have documented a rare supernova, 2023ufx, the most metal-poor stellar explosion observed, located in a dwarf ...

When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?

Physicists find themselves wishing upon a star (to explode) to solve one of the most frustrating questions in science.

Discover the explosive end of a star's life—supernovas. Learn what causes these cosmic events and their impact with ...

Researchers believe that observing gamma rays from a supernova could confirm the existence of axions, potentially solving the ...

Stars with masses between 10 and 30 times that of the sun, in their final evolutionary stages, form an iron core that ...

"The best-case scenario for axions is Fermi catches a supernova. It's just that the chance of that is small." Gamma rays emerging from neutron stars at the hearts of supernova explosions could ...