The next Milky Way supernova may not surprise astronomers at all. According to a recent study available on the arXiv preprint server, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ahead of its decade-long Legacy ...
In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...
Astronomers evaluate how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory can detect and localize the next Milky Way core-collapse supernova using neutrino alerts and optical surveys.
A star in the Andromeda Galaxy has inexplicably vanished, leaving behind a puzzling red light source that is baffling astronomers.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The ...
Wa-hoo! One of the closest supernovas in years was discovered at a very early stage in the bright galaxy M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, in Ursa Major. The galaxy can be found just above the Handle of the ...
A before and after of the Pinwheel Galaxy, courtesy of observer and Unistellar College Astronomy Network member, Scott Kardel. July 11, 2023, Mountain View, CA - In an unprecedented achievement, ...
A scintillating spiral galaxy that played host to two supernova explosions in the past 30 years takes center stage in a new image captured by a telescope in Chile's high desert. The galaxy NGC 1187 is ...
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...