A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

Astronomers watch star explode like never before – and find an entirely new way for them to die - Observations from across ...

A rare X-ray flash captured the first light from SN 2026gzf, an energetic supernova that produced no detected gamma-ray burst. The dying star had shed its hydrogen and helium, building shells of ...

Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.

Learn more about what the first few moments of a supernova look like and the international collaboration that helped with ...

A rare stellar explosion has allowed astronomers to follow the death of a massive star from start to finish, yielding one of the most complete datasets ever collected for such an event. The explosion ...

Primordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that these events could explain chemical patterns seen in ...

The Jellyfish Nebula, one of the best-studied supernova remnants in our galaxy, may have been hiding a sibling this whole time.

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant cloud of gas and dust between the stars. Scientists analyzing Antarctic ice ...