Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

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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 ...

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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. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

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NASA’s Hubble telescope captured an “extraordinarily” rare moment of a comet exploding into fragments, the space agency said. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was caught fragmenting ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recreate molecular structures from the ...

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 ...

Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of catching ...