Few characters in film history will be remembered for their sounds as opposed to words, like Chewbacca from the Star Wars saga. His iconic growls, moans, and expressive vocalizations created a ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...

Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.