When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images When the bright star Betelgeuse explodes, ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...

Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed into each other and debris from that intense explosion (called kilonova) ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A massive star exploded around 13,000 years ago, and research now suggests that the cosmic blast may have plummeted Earth into a sudden ice age while wiping out woolly mammoths, giant ...

What happens to a large star near the end of its lifetime before it explodes as a supernova? This is what a recent study ...

The next Milky Way supernova may not surprise astronomers at all. According to a recent study available on the arXiv preprint server, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ahead of its decade-long Legacy ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...

An artist's impression of cosmic rays impacting molecules and atoms in the Earths atmosphere. A new study suggests that cosmic radiation from a supernova explosion 2.5 million years ago may have ...

Two of Earth's largest mass extinction events were likely triggered by the fallout from two supernovae in nearby space. This is the conclusion of a team of researchers from Keele University, England, ...

"When nearby supernovas occur in the future, the radiation could have a pretty dramatic effect on human society." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

The universe is a chaotic place filled with exploding stars, material falling into black holes, and rogue planets wandering off on their own. All that chaos makes astronomers suspicious when they ...