While two teams have ideas about what happened to yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1, ultimately, it remains a mystery.

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

From planet-scorching stellar outbursts to cataclysms so powerful they shiver the very fabric of spacetime, these are some of the biggest blasts our cosmos has to offer ...

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and ...

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic explosion ever observed, a gamma-ray burst that lasted nearly seven hours.

A massive explosion at a steel plant in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, has left five missing and several injured. The blast caused noticeable tremors, and fire services are actively responding. The cause ...

A massive explosion at a steel plant in Baotou City, China, resulted in two deaths and 66 injuries. Five individuals are ...

A newly discovered impact craters on Mars, captured in striking detail by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The image, taken by the orbiter’s HiRISE camera, reveals a dramatic blast zone radiating ...