When a star explodes, it sends high-energy particles out in all directions. This burst of energy can travel through space for thousands of light-years, traversing solar systems and even galaxies. In a ...
The James Webb Space Telescope may have glimpsed the remnants of the very first supernovae in the universe, a chemical fingerprint of the first stars and the start of a process that eventually created ...
Supernovae, the explosive deaths of stars, are some of the universe's biggest bursts of energy and light. When they erupt, one supernova can shine even brighter than an entire galaxy. It's a fitting ...
After a star explodes in a supernova, the remnants can reform into more stars again and again. These subsequent generations could be full of elements heavier than helium that astronomers refer to as ...
This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images ...
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