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

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...

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

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

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

"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 ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

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

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

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

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing ...