Astronomers caught a massive star exploding 500 million light-years away almost from the moment the event began. A brief X-ray flash detected on March 21, 2026 turned out to be the opening signal of ...
A massive star goes supernova giving birth to a pair of neutron stars. The orbiting stars merge creating a kilonova. Credit: Caltech | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Coffee linked to significant ...