See the heart of the Milky Way as it’s never been captured before By Maggie Galloway / Published January 31, 2022
Astronomers may have an origin story for ‘The Cow,’ a mysteriously powerful cosmic blast By Leto Sapunar / Published December 19, 2021
Blindingly bright black holes could help cosmologists see deeper into the universe’s past By Charlie Wood / Published September 16, 2021
We finally know why the Betelgeuse star dimmed—and it’s not what you think By Charlie Wood / Published June 18, 2021
Stars are dying all across the galaxy—why don’t we see them? By Charlie Wood / Published December 16, 2020
Ancient supernovas may have pierced moon rocks with star shrapnel By Charlie Wood / Published April 30, 2020
NASA’s top observatories teamed up to capture an imploding star in captivating 3D By Jessica Boddy / Published January 6, 2020
We really don’t know when Betelgeuse is going to explode By Rachel Feltman / Published December 26, 2019
A bizarre new theory connects supernovae explosions with humans’ ability to walk upright By Neel V. Patel / Published May 30, 2019
An exploding space cow could be linked to a newborn black hole By Neel V. Patel / Published January 11, 2019
Gravitational waves could solve a cosmological crisis within five years—or shake physics to its core By Charlie Wood / Published November 10, 2018
Astronomers think they saw a star exploding out of a giant gas bubble By Mary Beth Griggs / Published March 27, 2018
An amateur astronomer accidentally caught an exploding star on camera—and it gets better By Mary Beth Griggs / Published February 22, 2018