Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

Stoke Space's Nova is a medium-lift, 100% reusable two-stage rocket built by the Kent, Washington-headquartered aerospace ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

A superkilonova candidate event, named AT2025ulz, was observed in 2025; LIGO and Virgo first spotted gravitational waves, ...