X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

When a massive star dies, astronomers expect a familiar chemical script: hydrogen and helium on the outside, heavier elements ...