A handheld device invented by University of Delaware physics professor Spencer Axani could democratize the study of high-energy particles originating from exploding stars and other extreme ...

On the exoplanet Janssen, heat from its host star and immense pressure have made the world something of a hellscape, with the potential for lava flowing across its surface. But amid the fiery chaos, ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and these signals offer new insights into how massive stars meet their demise.

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 ...