"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

This newly discovered explosion from the dawn of time is helping scientists map the chemical evolution of the first galaxies.

One of the most stubborn issues in cosmology today concerns the universe's rate of expansion. Scientists know it's expanding, ...

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

A 'prelude to a supernova' is how NASA describes this stunning new James Webb Space Telescope image of Wolf-Rayet Star WR 124 ...

A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic and ...

Discovery of SN 2025wny: A Strongly Graviatationally Lensed Supernova at z=2.01. Joel Johansson et al (2025). Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University An international team of astronomers led by Oskar ...

“Supernova explosions and the elements they hurl into space are the lifeblood of new stars and planets,” said Brian Williams ...

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.

This supernova signaled the explosive death of a supergiant star in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...