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

In the final moments before two neutron stars collide, their magnetic fields spiral into chaos, twisting and snapping as they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The final stage of a superkilonova. (Caltech/K. Miller and R. Hurt (IPAC)) Astronomers may have discovered a never-before-seen ...

Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. artist's impression of a superkilonova A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a ...

The cosmos has delivered a rare kind of fireworks display, and astronomers are racing to understand what it means. A strange double flash from a distant galaxy appears to show two neutron stars ...

"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, ...