Astronomers from Texas have witnessed the moment a star’s surface is torn apart by a supernova, becoming oblong in the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. About 9.3 billion years ago, a supernova exploded in our universe ...

A supernova first observed in the 16th century by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe has been sighted again, astronomers report. Brahe observed its direct light but "light echoes" from the supernova that ...

The most distant supernova ever detected has turned one of the weirdest theories ever proposed into the leading explanation for how our universe works, scientists say. The exploding star was spotted ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, seen a cosmic magnification of the light from a class of supernova called Type Ia. An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, seen a cosmic ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Debris blown off a dying star collided with its companion, creating a blast of ultraviolet ...

An exploding star goes supernova only once. But if you’re really, really lucky, you might just get to see it happen four times. An international team has discovered four separate images of the same ...

Hubble images reveal an expanding shell of light from a supernova explosion sweeping through interstellar space three years after the stellar blast was discovered. The "echoing" light looks like a ...

Astronomers have discovered what could be the birth of a nearby black hole, a discovery that could help scientists understand how black holes form and evolve over time. The star that exploded, now ...