An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a ...

A distant stellar explosion has offered astronomers a rare natural experiment, one that turns gravity into a powerful optical ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside stars, far removed from the calm conditions required for life itself. The ...

This artist's impression shows, about 22 million light-years away, the supernova SN 2024ggi exploding in the galaxy NGC 3621. (ESO/L. Calçada via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists have revealed for the ...