In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...

Astronomers find an explanation for the fastest stars in the galaxy while uncovering a new mechanism for a supernova explosion. Credit: Technion illustration Astronomers call a special kind of ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star's surface. For ...

A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...

Researchers have gathered some mind-blowing insights about the breakout phase of a supernova and published them in the journal Science Advances. For a long time, scientists have been trying to ...

Supernova SN 2023zkd, located 730 million light-years from Earth, was identified as anomalous by the Light curve Anomaly Identification and Similarity Search (LAISS) AI algorithm. SN 2023zkd exhibited ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious.

Scientists using the Chandra X-ray telescope have uncovered new details about the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...