Massive stars have strong stellar winds that direct their evolution through the upper
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram and determine the black hole mass function. Furthermore …

Over a decade ago, a group of supernova explosions with peak luminosities far exceeding
(often by> 100 times) those of normal events has been identified. These superluminous …

Detections of gravitational waves are now starting to probe the mass distribution of stellar
mass black holes (BHs). Robust predictions from stellar models are needed to interpret …

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The next core-collapse supernova in the Milky Way or its satellites will represent a once-in-a-
generation opportunity to obtain detailed information about the explosion of a star and …

Understanding massive stars is essential for a variety of branches of astronomy including
galaxy and star cluster evolution, nucleosynthesis and supernovae, pulsars, and black …

Supernovae, the luminous explosions of stars, have been observed since antiquity.
However, various examples of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe; luminosities> 7× 1043 …

We present observations of SN 2021csp, the second example of a newly identified type of
supernova (SN) hallmarked by strong, narrow, P Cygni carbon features at early times (Type …

Rotation is thought to be a major factor in the evolution of massive stars—especially at low
metallicity—with consequences for their chemical yields, ionizing flux, and final fate …

The 30 Doradus star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby analog of
large star-formation events in the distant universe. We determined the recent formation …