A big bully pummeled our sun in its infancy, fatefully altering the composition and evolution of the solar system, a new study suggests. The heavy, in this case, was a nearby, massive star. First, the ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather ...

As astronomers have learned more about the tumultuous and unforgiving nature of the universe, we've been comforted to know that there are no stars in our cosmic backyard threatening to go supernova.

The Sun had "sisters" when it was born, according to new research — hundreds or thousands of them. At least one was a supernova, providing further support for the idea that there could be lots of ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.