Picture this: You’re at a picnic on a hot day and grab a cold Coke out of the cooler. It’s wet, you drop it, but think “eh, ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

Researchers found a magnetic star core acting as a high speed engine to power a record breaking luminous supernova.

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...

The findings confirm a theory first proposed 16 years ago by University of California, Berkeley theoretical astrophysicist ...

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

The discovery of a newborn magnetar inside a distant supernova helps explain why some stellar explosions shine far brighter ...

Witnesses described an intensely bright object racing across the sky from the southwest to the northeast, leaving behind a glowing trail before breaking apart.

BLM’s ‘Notice of Intent’ Oregon’s forests and protected wildlife urgently need our rapid response to the BLM’s “Notice of ...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was a notorious failure due to its exploding batteries, causing massive recalls and damaging the ...

Is the return of wired headphones driven by a simple desire for better sound quality or is it part of a backlash against modern tech? Thomas Germain tries to find out.