UC Berkeley supernova and black hole expert Alex Filippenko will share the 2026 Gruber Cosmology Prize, which was announced today (May 19) by the Gruber Foundation. The prize, one of the most ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified one of the most distant exploding stars ever confirmed. The supernova, SN 2023aeaf, was found at a redshift of 3.195—so far away that ...

Three decades of supernova observations are adding to hints that dark energy may be changing over cosmic time.

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A catalog of 2,884 Type Ia supernovae strengthens hints that dark energy may change as the universe evolves. (CREDIT: Shutterstock ...