Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star or "magnetar" for the first time. The observation of this event, triggered by the death ...

Most gamma-ray bursts—the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe—are tracked back to the deaths of massive stars. But a new discovery suggests that such enormous explosions can come from ...

Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing a star suddenly burst into a blaze of light brighter than anything nearby. A flash so bright that it briefly outshines an entire galaxy before fading ...

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 ...

Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have traced a short-duration gamma-ray burst event called GRB 230906A to a faint dwarf galaxy embedded in a vast stream of ...

Eight workers at the Byron Nuclear Generating Station were hospitalized after a chemical leaked from a holding tank.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations. Researchers are investigating an unusual event in deep space that has left scientists ...

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples could upend a major theory about how these extreme pairs form.

A rapidly brightening burst of light called AT 2024wpp, or "the Whippet", is baffling astronomers. One explanation is that it ...

New York State Police are investigating an explosion at Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Boonville, New York, that left five people injured Tuesday morning. Authorities said first responders were ...

Boonville, N.Y. — Five people, including a firefighter, were rushed to a Utica hospital Tuesday after an explosion at a church in Oneida County. Two people, a firefighter and a civilian, are listed in ...