Computer models are continuing to play an increasing role in scientific discovery. Everything from the first moments after the Big…
Our sky is missing supernovas. Stars live for millions or billions of years. But given the sheer number of stars…
I have stood under Orion The Hunter on clear evenings willing its star Betelgeuse to explode. “C'mon, blow up!” In…
It was the brightest supernova in nearly 400 years when it lit the skies of the southern hemisphere in February…
Astronomers have spotted the remnant of a rare type of supernova explosion. It's called a Type Iax supernova, and it's…
Our galaxy hosts supernovae explosions a few times every century, and yet it's been hundreds of years since the last…
In the last year, Betelgeuse has experienced two episodes of dimming. Normally, it's one of the ten brightest stars in…
In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has had to run the gauntlet. Numerous catastrophes have imperilled the planet, from…
It's kind of hard to see inside a star as it's blowing up, because of the whole "blowing up" part,…
An Ancient Voyage Earth is on a journey… While our planet orbits the Sun each year - a billion kilometers…