Earlier this year, astronomer David Sand and his team were searching about 500 galaxies a night using the PROMPT telescope in Chile to find supernova — an exploding star. Just before heading to bed on ...

Mar. 30, 2026 A blazing supermassive black hole can influence far more than its own galaxy. Scientists found that quasars emit radiation strong enough to shut down star formation in nearby galaxies ...

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion. When you purchase through links on ...

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the birth of one of the universe's most powerful magnets, or magnetars, at the heart of an unusually bright supernova, thanks to an effect first ...