During the last few days, astronomers have been pointing their telescopes toward a familiar celestial object in our spring night sky for a look at a rare event: A new supernova — a star that has ...

A sparkling new supernova has appeared in the night sky, and a telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii was perfectly poised to capture the aftermath of the cosmic burst. The supernova was first spotted ...

Joyce's nebula scene captures the expanding shell of the supernova remnant CTB 1, also known as both the Garlic Nebula and ...

Webb has only been operating for three years, so this is the first time one of its previous images has overlapped with the ...

three stages of a simulated supernova explosion over a period of 50 milliseconds, starting about 400 milliseconds after the core begins to collapse.The surfaces show the material which is flowing ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova, or star explosion, and it provides a new window into the violent life cycle of stars. The new research, focused on supernova 2018zd, ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

Astronomers have found evidence that proves a 40-year-old supernova theory correct and a mysterious sky event that occurred in 1054 AD. A new study has been published in Nature Astronomy and outlines ...

A star met a gruesome end, resulting in a stunning photo. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new image from the European Southern ...

(CNN) — A sparkling new supernova has appeared in the night sky, and a telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii was perfectly poised to capture the aftermath of the cosmic burst. The supernova was first ...