“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...

This material, says a team led by astrophysicist Steve Schulze of Northwestern University in the US, constitutes the first direct evidence of the theorized concentric shells of different elements that ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 ...

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their understanding of how stars evolve and die.

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, can be easily compared to a pizza or a pancake; sure, it bulges in the middle, unlike a pizza, but ...

A supernova blast 2.2 billion light-years from Earth has given astronomers a deeper view into a star's centre than ever before.

Before exploding, a star shed most of its layers, giving a glimpse at a massive star’s deep interior. The event may represent a new kind of supernova.

Calvera lies around 6,500 light-years above the Milky Way’s plane. This region holds very few stars of massive size. Stars ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The insides of a star are on full display thanks to an explosion. New research published this month in Nature is revealing the details of a star’s core. “This is the first time we have ...

Dead Stars Dancing in Our Galactic Backyard Will Eventually Make A Supernova If it exploded today, this future supernova might be close enough to us to pose a threat, but the Sun will have burned ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar ...