Extreme nuclear transients are 10 million times rarer than supernovae and emit the same amount of energy as 100 Suns.

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen ...

European astronomers have investigated a galaxy cluster designated CIZA J2242.8+5301, dubbed the Sausage cluster. The ...

Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new ultracompact binary of the AM CVn type exhibiting ...

“ENTs are different beasts,” study lead author and astronomer Jason Hinkle explained in an accompanying statement. “Not only ...

Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have discovered the most energetic cosmic ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, long considered inevitable, may be in question ...

In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded.

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...