How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the ...

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A supernova in our home galaxy might be visible from Earth within the next 50 years. While scientists are able to observe supernovae outside our galaxy every few days, they’ve never been able to ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

In February 2020, Betelgeuse, a prominent star 642 light-years away in the Orion constellation, began to dim, suggesting it was in the throes of death. Astronomers’ telescope observations and computer ...

A group of young, hot stars in and near the constellation Scorpius shine brightly, making a memorable sight in the southern night sky. But if Narciso Benítez of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ...

The scientists found radioactive iron-60 in sediment and crust samples taken from the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The iron-60 was concentrated in a period between 3.2 and 1.7 million years ...

Webb traced the light of a dying star, supernova GRB 250314A, from when the universe was only 730 million years old.

A Supergiant star that is near to planet Earth named Betelgeuse has been getting dimmer and dimmer for the past few months. Due to this, astronomers and space experts think that the supergiant might ...