The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

NEW YORK – Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until ...

One of the great mysteries of the Universe is where all the metal actually comes from. We know it's forged in cosmic fire – but which fires in particular, and in which proportions, is a little bit ...

Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar companion. The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic ...

‘I literally screamed with joy when I saw that I was going to be a co-author of the research paper.’ By Andrew Paul Published Jul 1, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the ...

A rare supernova let scientists glimpse a star's interior, revealing a dense silicon-sulphur shell and unexpected helium that should have vanished earlier. (Nanowerk News) An exploding star has given ...

What’s the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what ...

Scientists have for the first time peered inside a dying star as it exploded in a supernova, gaining not just unprecedented views of its layers, but more so, insight into the process of stellar ...

The flash was spotted on March 14 by a French-Chinese space telescope called SVOM, which launched last year on a mission to track gamma-ray bursts, the brightest and most powerful explosions in the ...