Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest ...

Quote of the day by Newton: 1915 changed physics forever. In that year, Albert Einstein published the general theory of relativity and reshaped our understanding of gravity and spacetime. For 228 ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...

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 star was mulling a sequel series titled Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, but it is no longer happening.

A mysterious striped signal from the Crab Pulsar may finally be explained by a delicate balance between plasma effects and ...

In November 2024, gravitational-wave detectors recorded the violent merger of two black holes billions ...

Wireless communication relies on radio waves, but reflections and interference can cause signals to fade or cancel out before reaching your device. This video explains the physics behind radio ...

Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned physicists. Neutron stars, the remnants of massive stars that have exploded as ...

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

For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the ...

Researchers report superluminous supernova SN 2024afav whose erratic behavior supports a long-standing theory of stellar ...