On April 10, 2024, astronomers began the fast-paced mission to capture supernova SN 2024ggi. Study coauthor Yi Yang of Tsinghua University in China initially learned about its sighting shortly after ...

Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star.

The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years ...

For the first time, scientists determined the shape of a supernova's shock front as it burst through the surface of a dying ...

When this shock reaches the surface, it releases an enormous burst of energy. The star brightens dramatically, becoming visible as a supernova. For a short period, astronomers can study the initial ...

The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...

Scientists have observed for first time the very early stages of a supernova — death of a star — with a massive star ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

Scientists now have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova, with a massive star exploding in a ...

Some of the earliest images ever taken in the wake of massive star’s death give astronomers important clues about what triggers a supernova.

Astronomers have recently made a groundbreaking discovery, capturing the earliest observations of a supernova’s initial ...

Betelgeuse made everybody think it was going to explode in a spectacular supernova. It turns out the star just belched and shrouded itself in dust.