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 have captured the death of a star from the very first explosive moments of its demise.

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 ...

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

A supernova 's death throes can echo across space for millions of years, but its fiery ignition is over in a matter of ...

In March 2026, the Einstein Probe detected a brief flash of soft X-rays emitted from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. The flash, dubbed ...

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 ...

Artist’s impression of a hot core—a warm cocoon of molecular gas surrounding a newborn star—discovered in a supernova remnant. Blue represents high-energy regions produced by the supernova explosion, ...

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