The evolution of the content of heavy elements in galaxies, the relative chemical
abundances, their spatial distribution, and how these scale with various galactic properties …

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 …

We substantially update the capabilities of the open-source software instrument Modules for
Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA). MESA can now simultaneously evolve an …

The creation of carbon and oxygen in our Universe is one of the forefront questions in
nuclear astrophysics. The determination of the abundance of these elements is key to our …

We use the new Modular Open Source Fitter for Transients to model 38 hydrogen-poor
superluminous supernovae (SLSNe). We fit their multicolor light curves with a magnetar spin …

A new class of ultra-long-duration (more than 10,000 seconds) γ-ray bursts has recently
been suggested,,. They may originate in the explosion of stars with much larger radii than …

Several thousand core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) of different flavors have been
discovered so far. However, identifying their progenitors has remained an outstanding open …

When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn
apart1. For a star with the mass of the Sun (M⊙) and a non-spinning black hole with a …

JCW had long wanted to write a new monograph on supernovae. Despite an immense
explosion in the literature and many review articles, there had not been one since that of …

Superluminous supernovae are a new class of supernovae that were recognized about a
decade ago. Both observational and theoretical progress has been significant in the last …