Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar companion. The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic ...

Within six months, Kilonova Seekers’ over 2,000 volunteers contributed more than 600,000 classifications to researchers, resulting in a total of 20 new discoveries. Now, astronomers have announced the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A dim star in the summer night sky is now on the cusp of ...

The discovery image that the Kilonova Seekers volunteers first saw of GOTO0650 when it went into outburst. The science, reference, and difference images are shown: the "science" image taken on the ...

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated ...

"The discovery of GOTO0650 is really the pinnacle of two years of consistent hard work from our volunteers." Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star ...

‘I literally screamed with joy when I saw that I was going to be a co-author of the research paper.’ By Andrew Paul Published Jul 1, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...