A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...
The recent observations have helped the scientists to track the growth of the Crab Nebula by comparing images taken decades ...
When a star in the nearby galaxy NGC 2146 exploded in late 2024, it barely registered by supernova standards. The blast, ...
Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical ...
In 2023, scientists detected a subatomic particle called a neutrino hitting Earth with an energy level so extreme it seemed impossible. No known ...
A bizarre, record-breaking neutrino detected in 2023 may have originated from an exploding primordial black hole—a relic from ...
This artist's impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav–Swinburne ...
An Australian-led study has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, shedding light on one of the most ...
The study, published in Nature, uses gravitational wave observations to probe how the most massive stars end their lives, ...
An Australian-led study published in Nature finds evidence of a rare pair-instability supernova, supporting a “forbidden gap” ...