NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray spacecraft has observed a super-bright, supercharged supernova explosion powered up by the creation of ...

Scientists believe that the extreme luminosity of the supernova stems from a magnetar at its center.

LSU researchers helped uncover what may be the first clear detection of gamma rays from a superluminous supernova, using data ...

Most gamma-ray bursts—the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe—are tracked back to the deaths of massive stars. But a new discovery suggests that such enormous explosions can come from ...