Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

The discovery of a newborn magnetar inside a distant supernova helps explain why some stellar explosions shine far brighter ...

Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, directly linked to some of the universe’s brightest exploding stars. This ...

Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They discovered an extraordinarily bright supernova from more than ...

The light did not fade the way it was supposed to. After blazing into view about a billion light-years from Earth, the ...

Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...

The findings confirm a theory first proposed 16 years ago by University of California, Berkeley theoretical astrophysicist ...

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Researchers say the "powerful engine" behind superluminous exploding stars had been hidden for years — until a "chirp" from the cosmos helped confirm their link.

It's never too late to solve a cold case. A new paper from Syracuse University researchers proposes an explanation for both a mysterious stellar object discovered in the year 2013 and an astronomical ...