Astronomers have picked up the first-ever radio signals from aType Ibn supernova, a rare kind of stellar explosion tied to massive stars that shed helium-rich material shortly before they die. The ...

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, ...

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant cloud of gas and dust between the stars. Scientists analyzing Antarctic ice ...

M83 is located about 15 million light-years away from Earth and is forming stars at a high rate. Using 14 years of Chandra ...