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

Scientists have observed the early stages of a star's violent death – a supernova – for the first time. The shape of these ...

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

Is there anything more dramatic than an exploding star? More than just extraordinarily bright, energetic events that can ...

On April 10, 2024, astronomers began the fast-paced mission to capture supernova SN 2024ggi. Study coauthor Yi Yang of ...

Scientists, using the Very Large Telescope, have captured the earliest stages of a supernova explosion, revealing a star 15 times the mass of our sun exploding in an olive-like shape. The study ...

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

But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like gold and platinum sank toward the molten iron core. Geologists estimate that ...

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

Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...

In a controversial new paper, researchers argue that the acceleration of the universe's expansion has slowed down.