"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries." ...

The signals provide astronomers with a look into the life, and death, of a massive star exploding into a supernova.

Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and these signals offer new insights into how massive stars meet their demise.

On April 10, 2024, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected first light from an explosion of a massive star with roughly 12 to 15 times the sun’s mass. Just 26 hours later, ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years ...

In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...

Solar storms are eruptions that release some of the energy stored in the sun's strong magnetic field. These can create ...

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...

"Our scenario describes all the evolutionary phases of the supernova with great precision." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...