Astrophysics

Stars

Dying supergiant stars implicated in hours-long gamma-ray bursts

Cosmology

Search for mysterious dark matter finds hint of key particle

Exoplanets, Planets, Robotic Spaceflight

“Retired” star found with planets and debris disk

Exoplanets, Planets

Kepler telescope finds a dead star’s gravity bending the light of its companion

Galaxies

Taken under the “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Cosmology, Science

Detector studying antimatter finds possible new clues about dark matter

Exotic Objects, Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Hubble breaks record in search for farthest supernova

Exotic Objects, Stars

A supernova remnant continues to reveal it secrets

Exotic Objects

Black hole wakes up and has a light snack

Galaxies

Gravitational lensing in the peculiar “Magatama” Galaxy

Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Hunting high-mass stars with Herschel

Exotic Objects, Stars

Astronomers discover a new kind of supernova