Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and these signals offer new insights into how massive stars meet their demise.

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

Scientists have just managed to reproduce a nuclear reaction that had never been observed directly before. The experiment focuses on p-nuclei, unusual proton-rich isotopes that do not fit into the ...

This image illustrates a thermonuclear explosion as it ignites, and beings to spread. It will engulf an entire neutron star. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...