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

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

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

One of the most stubborn issues in cosmology today concerns the universe's rate of expansion. Scientists know it's expanding, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The ...

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

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

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

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

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