Can the cataclysmic explosions of dying stars help unlock grand mysteries of the universe?

Once charted as a 'guest star' in ancient China, dreaded as a harbinger of ill omens in medieval Europe, and preserved in the ...
Phys.org

Peculiar core-collapse supernova breaks the mold with a long, dim plateau

Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of a core-collapse Type IIP supernova ...
Nature

Core-Collapse Supernova Phenomena and Dynamics

Core-collapse supernovae denote the violent deaths of massive stars, typically above eight solar masses, triggered when iron core fusion ceases and collapse ensues. The rebound of infalling layers, ...
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Failing to go supernova, an Andromeda supergiant star quietly collapsed into a black hole

A supergiant star, lying 2.5 million light-years away in the Andromeda galaxy, ended its life without a bang and then turned itself quietly into a black hole. Unlike massive stars that explode as ...
The Conversation

Astronomers have glimpsed the core of a dying star – confirming theories of how atoms are made

Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an “extremely stripped supernova”. In a paper published today in Nature, Steve Schulze of ...