Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the ...

Astronomers have witnessed a massive star's explosive death, a supernova, for the first time in its early stages. Observed by ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope showed the explosive death of a star just as the ...

WASHINGTON — The explosive death of a star, a supernova, is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious. Scientists now have ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. For the first time, astronomers have taken a high-quality, zoomed-in photo of a star outside our ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, ...

Scientists have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova, with a massive star exploding in a distinctive olive-like shape.

New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

Humanity has marveled at the vivid star Betelgeuse for many millennia. Over two thousand years ago, this imperious red object in the constellation Orion caught the eye of the Roman poet Horace: ...

Scientists have for the first time peered inside a dying star as it exploded in a supernova, gaining not just unprecedented views of its layers, but more so, insight into the process of stellar ...

I was exploding with excitement to ask my friend Guy Worthey about supernovas. He’s an astronomer at Washington State University. He told me a supernova is a very energetic explosion in space. There ...