Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star or "magnetar" for the first time. The observation of this event, triggered by the death of a massive star, ...

The Perseus Cluster is a massive galaxy cluster located in the constellation Perseus. It is one of the largest structures in ...

WASHINGTON — A supernova, the explosive death of a star, is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind a compact stellar remnant like a neutron star or black hole. But ...

Once a low-mass Sun-like star, SDSS J0715-7334 has reached the end of its main-sequence lifespan and is now a red giant ...

A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...

A distant supernova, SN 2025mkn, became visible from nine billion light years away after a galaxy’s gravity bent and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a detailed look at the Crab Nebula, revisiting it after 25 years to track its rapid ...

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 ...

Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical ...