Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the ...

A massive dataset of 3,628 Type Ia Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility is being released, offering new insights ...

Well he should, because those few brief seconds — in July of 1956 — gave young David Levy a star to wish upon for the rest of ...

Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...

For over 30 years, astronomers have relied on Type Ia supernovae to measure the universe’s expansion. These stellar ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

Perhaps most notably, in 1964, she battled to gain access to observe at the famed Palomar Observatory in California, becoming the first woman officially allowed to use its telescopes. Colleagues ...

A flash of light called the Platypus has hallmarks of a mid-sized black hole shredding a star and a type of burst thought to be a stellar explosion.