Astronomers may have recorded the violent birth of one of the weirdest objects our Universe is capable of producing.

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is ...

A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Images of Calvera, a strange celestial system containing a runaway pulsar and a supernova remnant ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories. But they kept getting an unpleasant hissing noise, in ...

From hidden planets to invisible cosmic signals, some of the most important astronomical discoveries happened while scientists were chasing something else entirely.

Researchers, including a Rutgers astronomer, reveal new insights into a star's death in its final momentsA team of scientists, including Rutgers-New ...