Researchers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have identified a vibrant, ...

A compact stellar corpse in our own galaxy has just delivered one of the strangest surprises in recent astrophysics: a vast, ...

"We found something never seen before and, more importantly, entirely unexpected," team leader Simone Scaringi of Durham ...

A new method to measure the temperature of atoms during the explosive death of a star will help scientists understand the shock wave that occurs as a result of this supernova explosion. An ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers have created a miniature version of supernova shock waves in a lab here on Earth to ...

This may come as a shock, if you're moving fast enough. The shock being shock waves. A balloon's 'pop' is shock waves generated by exploded bits of the balloon moving faster than the speed of sound.

Hypersonic flow and shock wave dynamics represent a critical domain in aerospace science, where the physics of high-speed fluid motion are explored under extreme thermodynamic and chemical conditions.

Astronomers from our Physics department have discovered a striking and unexplained shock wave surrounding a dead star. The ...

Astronomers from our Physics department have discovered a striking and unexplained shock wave surrounding a dead star. The ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star’s surroundings and create a shock wave.