New research led by Gonzalo Muñoz-Sanchez at the National Observatory of Athens, published in Nature Astronomy, finds that ...

Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical ...

A distant supernova, SN 2025mkn, became visible from nine billion light years away after a galaxy’s gravity bent and ...

Scientists recreate a previously unseen cosmic reaction and reveal how rare elements are formed in stellar explosions ...

Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars, is set to go supernova soon. This event will make it shine as brightly as the full moon and may even be visible during the day. In this video, we explore the ...

When a star in the nearby galaxy NGC 2146 exploded in late 2024, it barely registered by supernova standards. The blast, ...

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer reveals the expansion and shock patterns within RCW 86, a supernova observed by ...

An Australian-led study published in Nature found evidence of rare exploding stars called pair-instability supernovae, revealing a “forbidden gap” in black hole masses and offering new insights into h ...

A supernova - the explosive death of a star - is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind ...

The study, published in Nature, uses gravitational wave observations to probe how the most massive stars end their lives, ...

SN 2025mkn is a Type II supernova and it wasn't supposed to be visible at all. The violent death of a massive star that had ...