Gamma-ray bursts are among the most powerful explosions observed in the universe. First accidentally detected by Vela ...

Astronomers have captured one of the rarest events in the universe—the very first moments of a massive star exploding. The ...

Astronomers capture a rare shock breakout as a massive Wolf-Rayet star explodes into a broad-lined Type Ic supernova, ...

A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough by detecting a hidden magnetic signal from one of the most powerful explosions ...

Learn more about what the first few moments of a supernova look like and the international collaboration that helped with ...

Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting. Telescopes on Earth and in space — ...

A Faint X-ray Flash Exposes a Dying Star's Missing Jet —a surprising discovery for the international team, which includes researchers from LMU ...

Supernova shock breakout captured for only the second time in 20 years: Einstein Probe detected a seven-minute X-ray flash ...

In March 2026, the Einstein Probe detected a brief flash of soft X-rays emitted from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. The flash, dubbed ...