Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The ...

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

Less than half the predicted number of supernova remnants in our galaxy have been found – where are all the others? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

This supernova signaled the explosive death of a supergiant star in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

"The supernova was named 'supernova Hope' since it gives astronomers hope to better understand the universe’s changing expansion rate." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has picked up the light from a massive star that exploded about a billion years after the ...

The brightest burst of gamma rays ever recorded was caused by the collapse and explosion of a massive star—a supernova. That’s according to a paper published last week in Nature Astronomy that used ...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye (University of Arizona), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), S. Cohen (Arizona State University), J. D’Silva (University of ...

A supernova explosion spotted in the Pinwheel galaxy. Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA // Image Processing: J. Miller (Gemini Observatory / NSF’s NOIRLab) / M. Rodriguez ...

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.

An artist's impression of cosmic rays impacting molecules and atoms in the Earths atmosphere. A new study suggests that cosmic radiation from a supernova explosion 2.5 million years ago may have ...