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 ...
Scientists believe that the extreme luminosity of the supernova stems from a magnetar at its center.
LSU researchers helped uncover what may be the first clear detection of gamma rays from a superluminous supernova, using data ...
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 ...