A record-shattering stellar blast has been caught on camera in unprecedented detail, and the footage is forcing astronomers to rethink how stars die. The event, linked to an extreme gamma-ray outburst ...

You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study older stars that resemble the Sun to understand how stellar lives end. These ...

Every year, somewhere in our galaxy, a brief event happens—one star consumes another, revealing important clues about the processes by which stars die. However, since these rare star collisions often ...