An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively ...

Images taken by JWST reveal the star that became SN2025pht before it exploded, providing our best view of a red supergiant ...

Study finds evidence of a possible star explosion 10 million years ago by discovering unusually high levels of cosmic rays in ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

Supernovae mark the dramatic end of a massive star's life that results in a colossal explosion. Supernovae mark the dramatic end of a massive star's life, resulting in a colossal explosion that can ...

Astronomers recognize three flavors of type I supernovae: type Ia, Ib, and Ic. Type Ia supernovae occur in binary systems, where matter from a normal companion star flows onto a white dwarf. The white ...

The universe never sleeps—and these 20 upcoming astronomical events prove just that. From solar eclipses and planetary alignments to the potential of supernovae lighting up our skies, the future of ...

How much light does a supernova shed on the history of universe? New research by cosmologists at the University of Chicago and Wayne State University confirms the accuracy of Type Ia supernovae in ...

Astronomers have again rewritten the record books for discovering the most distant supernovae. Using Hawaii’s W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), a team has identified ...

Every once in a while, some Earth-shattering discoveries come along that forever change our view of the Universe. Back in the late 1990s, observations of distant supernovae made it clear that the ...

Space is a pretty vast place and most of it consists of just that – space. Galaxies tend to be in clusters and stars tend to bunch together into galaxies. Which is why the Universe’s loneliest ...

Shakespeare said that the fault lies not in the stars, but in ourselves. Maybe, but scientists at the University of Kansas say that the stars might have some explaining to do. According to computer ...