It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...

The ancient accounts of two well-known supernovae of 1006 and 1181 AD were recorded by Arab astronomers in their observations ...

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 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 ...

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evidence detailing the death of massive stars, known as supernovae, throughout space.

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 ...

Sixteen years ago, two teams of supernova hunters, one led by Saul Perlmutter of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and the other by Brian Schmidt of ...

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history. An analysis of the frequency of supernova explosions in the Milky Way, led by ...

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 ...

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 ...

ILLUSTRATION OF THE MILKY WAY SEEN FROM EARTH WHERE SUPERNOVA ACCELERATES COSMIC RAYS TO HIGH ENERGIES. SOME OF THESE COSMIC RAY PARTICLES ENTERERS THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, WHERE THEY PRODUCE SHOWER ...

Stars are balls of glowing gas, with a nearly spherical shape. Accordingly, one would expect that when some stars explode as supernovae at the end of their lives, the resulting colossal fireballs ...