An unusual stellar explosion matched six electron-capture predictions, opening a debate that newer observations continue to ...

A fleet of telescopes around the world just captured the first shocking moments of a supernova explosion in the most detailed-ever observations of their kind. The explosive event was first spotted by ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a supernova erupting just 1.1 billion years after the ...

A star survived the explosion that left behind Pa 30, a dandelion-shaped cloud of debris. The sharpest images yet show that ...

The aftermath of a supernova, a stellar explosion, is usually a slowly fading cloud of hot gas. So when astronomers pointed NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the nearby galaxy Messier 83 (M83), they ...

This artist’s animation shows a star going supernova. About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers ...

Astronomers captured the clearest view yet of Pa 30, the likely remains of a stellar explosion witnessed nearly 850 years ago.

The new image isn’t just stunning—it may also provide clues about how this star survived its own explosion. Previous images of the explosion’s remnants had also captured a sphere of long, ...

Uneven supernova explosions may explain the unusual mix of elements in Milky Way stars once thought to be evidence of hypernovas.

Learn more about what the first few moments of a supernova look like and the international collaboration that helped with these findings. In a galaxy roughly 500 million light-years away from our ...

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A supernova’s changing rhythm offers evidence of a hidden magnetar, while companion observations reveal surrounding-gas interaction.