Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth’s history. A new study ...

Now, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, led by Ph.D. student Jing-Ze Ma, may have an explanation for why Betelgeuse appears to be spinning so utterly fast. Perhaps, the ...

"If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom ...

This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.

When Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation ... This could lead to ecosystem collapse and a potential mass extinction event. Gamma-ray bursts, caused by neutron star mergers ...