An explosive star within our galaxy is showing signs of an impending eruption, at least in a cosmic time frame, and has for quite some time. From 1838 to 1858, the star called Eta Carinae brightened ...

The scientists found radioactive iron-60 in sediment and crust samples taken from the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The iron-60 was concentrated in a period between 3.2 and 1.7 million years ...

A group of young, hot stars in and near the constellation Scorpius shine brightly, making a memorable sight in the southern night sky. But if Narciso Benítez of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ...

Advances in cameras, new strategies for detection make it possible Astronomers at The Ohio State University have calculated the odds that, sometime during the next 50 years, a supernova occurring in ...

Seen from our planet, the flash could be brighter than a multitude of suns — and might be followed by a ruined ozone layer, an upsurge in radiation, and a wave of cancers and mutations in humans and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Astronomy buffs, hold onto your telescopes. Scientists have discovered a ...