Once this effect kicks in, the black hole discharges rapidly and explodes. Crucially, the UMass team calculated that this ...

Astronomers have long struggled to capture the true nature of stellar nova explosions. However, thanks to cutting-edge techniques, a team of scientists has finally been able to observe these cosmic ...

For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent outbursts on long‑dead stellar cores. What they lacked was a clear, close look ...