It's the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without ...

Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...

For the very first time, astronomers have captured a radio signal emitted by a very specific type of stellar explosion. This unprecedented observation offers us a glimpse into the final moments of ...

Astronomers tracked a star that slowly faded instead of exploding. The quiet disappearance may reveal a hidden way black holes are born.

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...

Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio signals from a rare supernova, revealing intense activity in a star’s final years before it exploded.

This phase only lasts a few hundred years.

An international team of astronomers led by a researcher at Keele University has solved a long-standing cosmic mystery surrounding one of the most extreme stars ever observed. The star, known as WOH ...

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star ...