Astronomers have found evidence that proves a 40-year-old supernova theory correct and a mysterious sky event that occurred in 1054 AD. A new study has been published in Nature Astronomy and outlines ...

New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

In 1953, two CalTech astrophysicists with a side passion for archaeology drove a battered Jeep across the northern Arizona desert to the top of White Mesa, a historic Pueblo settlement now located in ...

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A new discovery is casting doubt on the idea that a type of star explosion shines with equal brightness wherever it occurs in the universe. The finding could have implications for estimates of the ...

Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY It has been considered by some that global cooling in the Plio-Pleistocene might have been due to changes in ocean ...

New work offers fresh evidence supporting the supernova shock wave theory of our solar system’s origin. According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave ...

Somewhere in our galaxy are engines capable of driving atomic fragments to velocities that come within a whisker of lightspeed. The explosive deaths of stars seems like a natural place to search for ...

A distant star explosion could have been responsible for a massive extinction event on Earth. A new paper suggests that a star some 65 light-years from Earth may have exploded into a supernova, and ...