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“We’ve Been Waiting for This”: James Webb Space Telescope Spots a Red “Supergiant” That Could Help Solve a Cosmic Cold Case

Micah Hanks·February 25, 2026

The James Webb Space Telescope spots evidence of a stellar explosion that could help solve the cosmic mystery of "missing red supergiants."

“No One Has Considered These Systems the Way We Did”: The Magnetic Power that Created ‘Impossible’ Black Holes

Ryan Whalen·December 13, 2025

New black hole research from the Flatiron Institute rethinks their formation under the influence of magnetic fields.

‘Stripped to the Bone’: This Unusual Supernova is Challenging Models of Stellar Death

Ryan Whalen·August 20, 2025

In a dying star’s supernova explosion, astrophysicists discover a strange chemical signature that is radically different from others ever observed.

AI Has Spotted a ‘Very Strange’ Stellar Death Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen

Micah Hanks·August 14, 2025

This week, astronomers have documented the occurrence of an unprecedented stellar death unlike anything seen before.

Astronomers Detect Mysterious, Perfectly Spherical Object in Deep Space Emitting Radio Signals

Christopher Plain·May 20, 2025

An international team of astronomers have detected an invisible, mysterious, nearly perfectly spherical object emitting radio signals.

Doomed Binary Star System to Produce Brilliant Explosion in the Distant Future

Ryan Whalen·April 5, 2025

A binary star system about 150 light years from Earth, right on our cosmic doorstep, is on track to collide as a type 1a supernova.

White Dwarf Supernovae May Hold the Key to Dark Energy and Unresolved Cosmic Mysteries

Ryan Whalen·February 15, 2025

Recent observations of white dwarf explosions have revealed new insights into their diversity and relationship to dark energy.

Stellar Snapshot! Astrophysicist Captures First-Ever Close-Up Image of a Star in Another Galaxy

Christopher Plain·November 25, 2024

An astrophysicist and his team have made history by capturing the first-ever close-up image of a star in another galaxy.

Rare ‘Zombie Star’ First Seen in 1181 Returns From the Stellar Grave in New Observations

Ryan Whalen·November 1, 2024

Supernova SN 1181, a “zombie star" first observed in 1181, has recently resurfaced as a subject of interest for astronomers.

Astronomers Discovered A Weird “Void” In Space, and It Has A QR Code.

Go get your phone right now!

MJ Banias·September 28, 2021

Astronomers have discovered a giant "void" in our Milky Way, and for the first time, you can use your phone to see it up close.

The Top 3 Things From Space That Are Probably Going to Kill Us

Candy Chan·September 15, 2021

Here are the top 3 things from outer space that can potentially wipe out the human species in a few years. This is fun, right?

Galaxies Pass Gas, New Study Confirms

MJ Banias·September 1, 2021

New research indicates that galaxies consume gas clouds to form stars and then release polluted gases back out into their environment.

Betelgeuse Mystery May Be Solved with Help from a Stellar “Monster”

Micah Hanks·March 10, 2021

The mysterious dimming of Betelgeuse, observed since 2019, may have been solved with new data from Hubble's Space Telescope.

Hubble Spies a Stellar “Ghost” Last Seen at the End of the Roman Empire

Micah Hanks·January 21, 2021

The Hubble Space Telescope is helping astronomers study the remains of a star that exploded nearly 1700 years ago.

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