A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven “superkilonova.” Although ...

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When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

After detecting a strange combination of signals in the summer of 2025, astronomers believe they may have captured the first ...

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, challenging astronomers to rethink how neutron stars are born and collide.

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ...

Astronomers report a strange cosmic blast that looked like a kilonova, then behaved like a supernova, hinting at a possible first “superkilonova” and leaving scientists debating how stars truly die.

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Chilean Andes is one of the most powerful radio telescope ...