Images taken by JWST reveal the star that became SN2025pht before it exploded, providing our best view of a red supergiant proto-supernova. The cloud of dust hiding the star from our eyes may answer ...

Webb has only been operating for three years, so this is the first time one of its previous images has overlapped with the ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

Betelgeuse is a colossal star that shines brilliantly in the constellation Orion, approximately 600 light-years from Earth. Immense and unstable, this red supergiant is in the final stages of its ...

The cataclysmic explosion that spawned the supernova remnant simultaneously gave rise to a superdense pulsar, which was ...

By combining Webb’s infrared data with older Hubble Space Telescope images, scientists traced the explosion, known as ...

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

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by Northwestern University has for the first time ...

In a new study, a team of astronomers report that they have captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a red supergiant before it exploded. Using JWST 's powerful infrared vision, the researchers ...

A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...

Today's ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week features a galaxy that Hubble has captured multiple times over more than 20 years. The ...

The first double-burst supernova ever observed, SNR 0509, is a historic discovery that reveals how white dwarfs explode in ...