Astronomers studying a distant superluminous supernova uncovered a strange pattern hidden in its light: a rapidly ...

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

For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the universe. For Joseph Farah, a fifth-year graduate student at UC Santa Barbara ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar ...

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.

A UC Santa Barbara graduate student alongside a local nonprofit research group have advanced the frontiers of physics while ...

The ‘guest star’ of 185 AD has been one of astronomy's most unresolved cases for over 1800 years. Ancient Chinese chroniclers ...

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An artist's illustration of a tilted, wobbling disk of material around a rapidly rotating, highly magnetic star (a magnetar) at the center of a superluminous supernova. Credit: Joseph Farah · Curtis ...

A supernova is a massive explosion that occurs when a star dies. This week's cover of the international scientific journal 'Nature' depicts a rapidly rotating, highly magnetic star called a 'magnetar' ...

For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the universe. For Joseph Farah, a fifth-year graduate student at UC Santa Barbara ...