Astronomers have captured the first radio signals from a rare supernova, revealing intense activity in a star’s final years before it exploded.

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Astronomers have observed a Sun-like star dim dramatically for nearly nine months after being obscured by a vast cloud of gas and dust. A huge cloud filled with vaporized metals has been spotted ...

While two teams have ideas about what happened to yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1, ultimately, it remains a mystery.

SN2021yfj is a new kind of supernova, challenging our understanding of stellar evolution. Its progenitor lost its outer shells well before the supernova happened and only consisted of its ...