NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, helping fill in ...
The ‘guest star’ of 185 AD has been one of astronomy's most unresolved cases for over 1800 years. Ancient Chinese chroniclers ...
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Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time
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.
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How AI helped uncover a new type of supernova
Editor's note: This article (originally published Aug. 13, 2025) has been updated to include new text and illustrations featured in the Jan. 2026 issue of Astronomy. Using an artificial intelligence ...
Researchers say the "powerful engine" behind superluminous exploding stars had been hidden for years — until a "chirp" from the cosmos helped confirm their link.
For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the ...
A "guest star," briefly seen in 1181, was created by colliding dead stars, according to new simulations that may finally solve an 800-year-old cosmic mystery. When you purchase through links on our ...
Their formation has been an object of debate, but new observations confirm the lead hypothesis: they are the product of ...
Japanese astronomers have performed long-term multiwavelength observations of a supernova remnant (SNR) designated SNR G298.6−0.0. They found that G298.6−0.0 is an old SNR interacting with molecular ...
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