A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The mystery centers ...

For over two decades, cosmologists have believed that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, driven by a ...

Astronomers are closing in on a result so statistically secure that, in their language, it borders on certainty: a 99.9999999 ...

Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of catching ...

The telescope captured near-infrared light from one of the earliest stars seen to explode in the history of the universe.

An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical ...

"We've been waiting to reach this point for a long time." Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious ...

For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned out to ...

Physicists think we could see such an explosion in the next 10 years - and it would 'revolutionize physics and rewrite the history of the universe'. This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to ...

“Our latest discovery helps solve a 20-year cosmic mystery,” co-lead author Daniel Whalen from the University of Portsmouth's ...