How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

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A curiously yellow star has caused astrophysicists to reevaluate the possible pathways that can lead to the explosion of a massive star as a supernova. An international team including UC Santa Cruz ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

Supernova is about to happen as the two stars colliding each other will create a bright light visible from the Earth.

PTF14hls is a star that refuses to follow the rules. Discovered in September 2014, it was supposed to be a typical supernova ...

Astronomers witnessed a supernova in progress, observing jets of material moving at relativistic speeds: up to half the speed of light. Scientist Megan Argo wanted to explain this exciting discovery ...

A green "Grinch-like" shape in a supernova remnant imaged by the James Webb telescope may have come from a blast debris field, scientists proposed When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Cambridge, MA – Since Galileo first pointed a telescope at the sky 400 years ago, a myriad of technological advances have allowed astronomers to look at very faint objects, very distant objects, and ...

It's typical for us to see a dead star every night. It is common knowledge that not all stars above are "alive" since others have already exploded unknowingly. With the help of NASA's Hubble Space ...

The bizarre, grinch-like wisp of green light dubbed the Green Monster, first seen last year snaking through the glowing remnants of an exploded star, belongs to a blast wave bordering the debris field ...