This illustration shows a pair-instability supernova explosion. These types of explosions leave nothing behind, not even a black hole. They can explain the black hole Forbidden Gap in black hole ...

New research explains why some black holes are missing, showing how exploding stars stop certain black holes from forming.

According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here ...

Astronomers report that WOH G64, one of the largest known stars, appears to have undergone a striking transformation into a ...

One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be ...

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When a star in the nearby galaxy NGC 2146 exploded in late 2024, it barely registered by supernova standards. The blast, ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and these signals offer new insights into how massive stars meet their demise.

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical ...