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In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded.

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Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions seen since the Big Bang.

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Twenty-five times more powerful than the most energetic supernova ever observed, Gaia18cdj easily outshone every star in its host galaxy.

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Astronomers have discovered a new kind of massive explosion in space—so powerful that they outshine anything we’ve ever seen ...

You can even spot thin, stripe-like patterns, called striations, on the Sun’s surface. This is the first time they've ever ...

Scientists have long puzzled over a discrepancy in how fast the universe is expanding, but new, sharper data from the James ...