There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

"The high explosion energy of AT 2023adsv could indicate that the properties of supernova explosions might have been ...

JWST revealed a massive star that ended its life in an explosion when the universe was just a cosmic toddler.

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided a rare glimpse into the remnants of a centuries-old supernova in Cassiopeia A. Using infrared technology, the telescope captured a light echo caused by ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed that infrared glow, revealing fine details resembling the knots and whorls of ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Like the subject of a ...

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

Average stars like our sun die ignominiously. They swell to enormous size, cool from yellow to red hot, and shed most of ...