A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven “superkilonova.” Although ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

Using the XRISM space telescope, scientists spotted faint emissions of the elements in remnants of the Cassiopeia A supernova ...

Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

A supernova from the early universe looks unexpectedly familiar, challenging ideas about how the first massive stars lived ...

Alexey A Petrov receives funding from the US Department of Energy. Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be ...

XRISM’s high-precision X-ray data revealed unusually strong signatures of chlorine and potassium inside the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. These levels are far higher than theoretical models ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside stars, far removed from the calm conditions required for life itself. The ...

Scientists have made an exciting breakthrough in understanding how the universe creates the ingredients needed for life. A ...

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of ...

In the dense environment of the early universe, dark matter particles would collide with, and annihilate, each other, ...