NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined ...

Scientists witness birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets for the first time, thanks to a general relativity 'magic trick'

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion.
Smithsonian Magazine

A Meteor Streaked Across the Morning Sky as a Dazzling ‘Fireball’ Before Exploding With a Thunderous Boom Above Ohio

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern ...

Exploding Comet Is Spotted by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.
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They entered a cave laughing - then one bad climb, one wrong turn, and an exploding battery changed it

This cave did not wait to get dangerous. Within minutes, they are dealing with bats flying into them, slippery rock, deep ...

A Strange Signal in a Supernova Finally Confirms a 16-Year-Old Theory

Astronomers have identified the first clear evidence of a magnetar forming during a superluminous supernova, offering new insight into some of the brightest explosions in the universe.

The seven hour explosion nobody could explain

Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent explosions in the universe. In a fraction of a second, they can release more energy than the sun will emit across its entire 10-billion-year lifetime. Most are ...
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Astronomers capture the birth of a magnetar in supernova explosion

Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, directly linked to some of the universe’s brightest exploding stars. This ...
Space.com

Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time

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 ...
ZME Science

Magnetars Could Power Supernovae 100 Billion Times Brighter Than the Sun

Researchers found a magnetic star core acting as a high speed engine to power a record breaking luminous supernova.
Science Daily

Strange chirping supernova confirms long-debated magnetar theory

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...
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Webb Telescope confirms earliest known supernova from 13 billion years ago

Astronomers have confirmed a supernova from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, making it the earliest stellar explosion ever directly observed. The finding places a single dying star into view ...