Since the beginning, there’s always been an element of rebellion attached to making rock and roll. Rarely, however, has such defiance meant facing jail time, paying fines or being publicly flogged.

Violent explosions of massive, magnetized stars may forge most of the universe’s heavy elements, such as silver and uranium. The ancient star’s elements aren’t from the remnants of a neutron star ...

A team of astronomers has detected the first-ever direct evidence for the existence of a “hypernova,” which is a type of very energetic supernova. If there’s one thing massive stars love doing toward ...