An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

The shockwave has traveled half a light-year.

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...