A gamma-ray burst is a cataclysmic event caused by star death or the merger of black holes or neutron stars. It only lasts ...

In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, hurtling material towards its nearby companion which is on the cusp of explosion too.

On Sunday morning, worried messages from Californians flooded X (formerly Twitter). What happened in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas? An explosion? An earthquake? "My window shook," said one ...

Sky watchers were disappointed last night when a binary star system didn’t erupt in a nova explosion that was predicted to take place on Thursday. But fear not, the famous blaze star is still ...

This limit marks the mass at which a star can undergo a thermonuclear explosion, creating a Type Ia supernova.

This year, fireworks season is continuing deep into summer. The big, upcoming highlight is a single explosion, a nova in space that will be so bright it will be visible in the night sky with the naked ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year. The highly energetic explosion was ...