Lead author Dr Charlotte Angus, from the Astrophysical Research Centre (ARC) at the Queen’s University in Belfast, said the ...

These "superluminous supernovas" are 10 to 100 times brighter than a typical supernova. While their origins remain largely ...

If it were a supernova, it would have had to have been absolutely enormous, according to the current theory. The burst was so bright that it initially dazzled the instruments on Nasa's James Webb ...

Betelgeuse, one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, continues to surprise astronomers. The red giant’s brightness ...

A giant star 150 times bigger than the Sun has been pictured 'hiccuping' by scientists. Despite being predicted in theory, ...

A giant “hiccuping” star has been documented for the first time in the final stages of its life before exploding. The rare ...

The 2024 release marks the first time since the 1980s that these beautiful birds have lived in the wild. The release is the ...

This is a supernova explosion. Astronomers aim to understand what types of stars produce different kinds of explosions. Do more massive stars result in brighter explosions? What happens if a star ...