"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

But when the supernova finally does blow, our planet will likely have been long ago destroyed by the expansion of our own ...

Just 150 light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has identified an exceptional binary system. These two stars, ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

Astronomers have tracked a mysterious magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, across the Milky Way, revealing it may not have formed in a ...

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

The event will be ten times brighter than our Moon in the night sky, but never fear, it won't happen for another 23 billion ...

When their end comes, the stars will explode in a blast making them around 200,000 times brighter than Jupiter does now.

Pulsars are the remnants of giant stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 breathtaking images of pulsars ...

Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have tracked ...

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...