Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

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.

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

Astronomers have confirmed a supernova from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, making it the earliest stellar explosion ever directly observed. The finding places a single dying star into view ...