Astrophysics

A recently spotted bright light in the sky is improving astronomers’ understanding of stellar death

Runaway success and underfunding have led to growing pains for the preprint server

In a fraction of a second, the outburst released as much energy as our sun produces in 100,000 years

This new release uses a comet hurtling toward Earth to satirize the way we dismiss scientific facts and the scientists who discover them

The Parker Solar Probe has passed through a boundary and into the Sun’s atmosphere, gathering data that will help scientists better understand stars

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer will probe the physics behind black holes, neutron stars and other dynamic cosmic objects

Twenty years after their initial detection, enigmatic blasts from the sky are starting to deliver tentative answers, as well as plenty of science

The latest bounty of 35 events features oddball black holes and a miniature neutron star

A major report outlining the highest priorities and recommendations for U.S. astronomy has finally been released, revealing the shape of things to come

China’s Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope has detected more than 1,600 fast radio bursts from a single enigmatic system

Most of our neighboring planets have magnetic fields, but scientists do not fully understand how they arise

These novel missiles cannot live up to the grand promises made on their behalf, aerodynamics shows