A strange double flash in a distant galaxy has given astronomers their strongest hint yet that a long‑theorized kind of ...

For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent ...

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

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

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 stellar explosions are known, that ...

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When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the ...

Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images one year apart, the contrast shows how bright a supernova is, and how that ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, SN 2024ggi, revealed a surprisingly olive-shaped blast when studied with ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Only a few hours after its birth, astronomers successfully glimpsed ...