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An artist's illustration of three neutrinos, ghostly particles which barely interact with other forms of matter.

'Ghostly' neutrinos spotted inside the world's largest particle accelerator for the first time

By Ben Turner published

Signatures of neutrinos, or ghostly particles that rarely interact with others, were tentatively spotted in the Large Hadron Collider in 2021. Now, physicists have confirmed they are real.

Particle Physics
A star shines in the middle of a purple cloud of cosmic dust.

James Webb Space Telescope captures star going supernova in a dazzling cloud of dust

By Sascha Pare published

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a picture of WR 124, a rare Wolf-Mayet star 30 times the size of our sun, ejecting a luminous cloud of cosmic dust.

Space Exploration
Ghostly red scraps circle around a field of stars in this telescope image of a supernova remnant

Ghostly scraps of oldest recorded supernova revealed in stunning telescope image

By Brandon Specktor published

The National Science Foundation zooms in on the tattered scraps of SN 185, which appeared over our planet 1,800 years ago and was the first supernova ever recorded in Earth's skies.

Astronomy
An illustration of a rare binary star system consisting of a massive star and a dead neutron star orbiting one another

'1-in-10-billion' star system is doomed to explode in a fiery kilonova

By Stephanie Pappas published

Scientists have discovered an extremely rare star system that is doomed to explode in a 'kilonova' caused by the merger of two neutron stars.

Astronomy
An artist's impression of a bright gamma-ray burst erupting from the collision of two neutron stars 1.1 billion light-years from Earth.

The brightest, most energetic explosions in the universe don't come from where we thought

By Brandon Specktor published

While tracking an incredibly bright gamma-ray burst to its origins, scientists uncovered a hidden explosion that could upend decades of research.

Astronomy
Image of the gamma-ray burst from the Swift observatory, showing a bright center surrounded by bands of orange circles.

Gamma-ray burst may represent the most powerful cosmic explosion ever recorded

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers stunned by 'brightest of all time' gamma-ray burst reckon it could be the most powerful space explosion since the Big Bang

Astronomy
An artist's impression of Betelgeuse's supernova.

Astronomers develop 'early warning system' to watch supernova explosions tear through the cosmos in real time

By Jamie Carter published

The system would alert astronomers when a red supergiant is just months away from exploding.

Astronomy
Every eight years, the two stars in WR140 produce another ring of dust as they pass each other in orbit.

James Webb Telescope captures starlight nudging dust from a dying star into space

By Ben Turner last updated

The astronomers took 16 years to study the movements of the gas clouds.

Astronomy
A Spitzer Space Telescope image of the Milky Way's center, where ancient black holes and dead stars dwell.

A 'galactic underworld' of ancient, blown-up stars lurks just beneath the Milky Way's surface

By Brandon Specktor published

Where are all the galaxy's dead stars hiding? New research draws the map.

Astronomy
A gold coin minted during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX may show a supernova that lit up the sky for more than a year.

Rare Byzantine coin may show a 'forbidden' supernova explosion from A.D. 1054

By Brandon Specktor published

A rare Byzantine gold coin may depict the ancient supernova SN 1054 in clear defiance of the church.

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