This revelation means scientists might have to rethink Type II supernova models, which would result in some of these cosmic ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar ...

Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.

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 ...

An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have recently uncovered a groundbreaking class of cosmic explosions, now named “extreme nuclear transients” (ENTs). These ...

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 ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a star that exploded not once, but twice. A new image of a roughly 300-year-old supernova provides visual evidence that some dying stars undergo a double ...