Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, directly linked to some of the universe’s brightest exploding stars. This ...

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The aftermath of a supernova, a stellar explosion, is usually a slowly fading cloud of hot gas. So when astronomers pointed NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the nearby galaxy Messier 83 (M83), they ...

A decade of observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered an unexpected pattern inside the young supernova remnant G292.0+1.8, revealing that its debris is not expanding uniformly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALMA found two hot molecular cores inside a supernova remnant, with organic chemistry that appears surprisingly intact. (CREDIT: ...

Artist’s impression of a hot core—a warm cocoon of molecular gas surrounding a newborn star—discovered in a supernova remnant. Blue represents high-energy regions produced by the supernova explosion, ...

Imagine if Star Wars' Tatooine twin suns went supernova. Scientists may have just found that in our universe.

A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star's detonation sent its ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

WASHINGTON — A supernova, the explosive death of a star, is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind a compact stellar remnant like a neutron star or black hole. But ...

A supernova remnant is supposed to be a rough neighborhood for a newborn star. Shock waves rip through space at thousands of kilometers per second. Cosmic rays and X-rays flood nearby gas. Rare ...