When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime ...

Global cooling associated with the impact of supernova remnants may have affected plants and animals, including species related to humans.

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

A distant supernova exposed elements from a star’s core. The result reshapes ideas of how massive stars evolve. According to ...

An international team of astronomers has conducted detailed multicolor photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN ...

Astronomers have witnessed a rare “extremely stripped supernova” that exposed the inner silicon layers of a dying star, confirming theories of stellar fusion and offering new insight into how ...

New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and ...

A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion ...

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is ...

Today, let’s talk about something spectacular in the universe — the breakthrough of supernova shock waves through ...

However, V Sagittae is an exceptional phenomenon: it consistently maintains an unusual brightness rather than a brief ...