Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant cloud of gas and dust between the stars. Scientists analyzing Antarctic ice ...

Learn how traces of a rare radioactive element preserved in Antarctic ice may show that the Solar System is currently passing through debris left behind by exploded stars.

Stardust from ancient supernova explosions has been discovered in Antarctic ice, offering clues about the Solar System’s path through space.

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

A supernova explosion that likely occurred outside the Milky Way slammed into an aeroplane in October, causing it to lose altitude suddenly. The scary episode landed at least 15 passengers at the ...

Dresden researchers have discovered traces of the rare isotope iron-60 in Antarctic ice. The findings suggest that Earth and ...

Cosmic rays seen at Earth show a wide range of particle energies, from 107 electron-volts (eV) to more than 1020 eV, the ...

An amazing sight that occurred in outer space was it recently captured on camera. One of the brightest explosions in space ever recorded was captured by space and ground-based telescopes on Oct. 9.