These days, scientists consider the heat-death of the universe to be the whimper, but a new theoretical analysis predicts that the cosmos will breathe its final gasp in the form of exploding black ...

Artist concept of a binary system similar to the one that originated the nova Sagittarii 2015 N.2. David A. Hardy/PPARC Whether it’s in medication or your smartphone battery, lithium is one of the ...

Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study of exploding stars shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought Brad E Tucker, Australian National University 8 January 2024 at 4 ...

And there is quite a bit of tension around it. In two new papers led by my colleague Patrick Kelly at the University of Minnesota, we have successfully used a new technique – involving light from an ...

An explosion originating near the edge of the universe has been seen by an orbiting NASA telescope. The burst of gamma rays is the farthest such event ever detected. The blast, designated GRB 080913, ...