Astronomers have identified a newborn magnetar as the power source behind SN 2024afav, a superluminous supernova whose brightness far exceeded what standard explosion models could explain. The finding ...

The discovery of a newborn magnetar inside a distant supernova helps explain why some stellar explosions shine far brighter ...

A new study explains how some supernovae are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case ...

New research suggests that the highly magnetized remnants of stars are responsible for powering some of the universe’s most brilliant supernova explosions ...

Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest ...

A distant supernova appears multiple times in the sky after its light bends through a galaxy. The strange effect may reveal clues about dark energy.

The light did not fade the way it was supposed to. After blazing into view about a billion light-years from Earth, the ...

Their formation has been an object of debate, but new observations confirm the lead hypothesis: they are the product of incredibly bright supernovae. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.

Recent breakthroughs in science include solving a superluminous supernova mystery a billion light-years away, NASA's moon landing timeline risks due to SpaceX's delays, Spain's artificial cornea from ...

The mystery of superluminous supernovae has finally been solved, as researchers have conclusively linked these cosmic phenomena to magnetars.

Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star or "magnetar" for the first time. The observation of this event, triggered by the death ...

A supernova, the explosive end of a massive star's life cycle, is among the brightest phenomena in the universe—typically ...