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

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

This newly discovered explosion from the dawn of time is helping scientists map the chemical evolution of the first galaxies.

The mysterious 10-second flash of energy, first detected in March, has been identified thanks to NASA's ever-impressive James ...

Astronomers say a fleeting burst of energy from deep space may be the earliest supernova ever observed. The discovery is ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

“Supernova explosions and the elements they hurl into space are the lifeblood of new stars and planets,” said Brian Williams ...

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SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The insides of a star are on full display thanks to an explosion. New research published this month in Nature is revealing the details of a star’s core. “This is the first time we have ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), detecting a supernova—the explosive death of a massive star—at an ...