The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, ...

Astronomers have detected the first “heartbeat” of a newborn star within a cosmic explosion, revealing a rapidly spinning ...

Our readers agree that in the unlikely event you were able to approach a neutron star, it would look very smooth and bright ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

By combining Webb’s infrared data with older Hubble Space Telescope images, scientists traced the explosion, known as ...

For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to get a clear look at a giant star right ...

For a cosmic adrenaline rush, it’s hard to beat a supernova. It happens when a star detonates at the end of its life, blasting gases and other debris outward with unimaginable violence. The explosion ...

Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as ...