The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

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

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

A record-shattering stellar blast has been caught on camera in unprecedented detail, and the footage is forcing astronomers ...

The shockwave has traveled half a light-year.

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

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...

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What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

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

"Our scenario describes all the evolutionary phases of the supernova with great precision." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ...