A study looking at ancient texts may have found evidence of a galactic supernova in a poem praising Saladin, the first sultan ...

It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...

In 1987, astronomers recorded the only supernova visible to the naked eye in the last 400 years. Astronomers have since wondered about what the massive explosion left behind in its wake. Using JWST, ...

Considering the immense size of the universe, it's no surprise that space still holds plenty of secrets for us. Recently, ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a ...

Astronomers are studying a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus to better understand the aftermath of supernovas on star systems. Credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA / A. Filippenko / J. D. Lyman A ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of a ...

Supernovae represent the dramatic endpoints of stellar evolution, and recent studies have expanded our understanding of the complex interplay between explosion mechanisms and the nature of progenitor ...

Less than half the predicted number of supernova remnants in our galaxy have been found – where are all the others? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

New model explains how inspiraling dead stars can explode at a rate high enough to match the number of Type Ia supernovae seen in universe A new mathematical model created by astrophysicists at the ...