Scientists have observed something strange about one of the largest stars known in the Universe, and they aren’t entirely sure about what it means. WOH G64, a star with a mass 28 times that of the sun ...

Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, ...

"What's really exciting is that this is definitive evidence for a magnetar forming as the result of a superluminous supernova core collapse," explained Alex Filippenko, a UC Berkeley distinguished ...

Recent breakthroughs in science include solving a superluminous supernova mystery a billion light-years away, NASA's moon landing timeline risks due to SpaceX's delays, Spain's artificial cornea from ...

The mystery of superluminous supernovae has finally been solved, as researchers have conclusively linked these cosmic phenomena to magnetars.

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 ...

Most gamma-ray bursts—the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe—are tracked back to the deaths of massive stars. But a new discovery suggests that such enormous explosions can come from ...

A supernova, the explosive end of a massive star's life cycle, is among the brightest phenomena in the universe—typically ...

Researchers found a magnetic star core acting as a high speed engine to power a record breaking luminous supernova.

Superluminous supernovas, or ultra-bright cosmic explosions, have puzzled scientists for years. Recent studies of a supernova a billion light-years away reveal that a magnetar, a dense neutron star, ...

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 ...