As Supernova returns for a third year, Ivar Zeile, the director of the downtown digital animation, is seriously jazzed. After spending two years of running a major festival with unconventional ...

A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Trump slams "troublemakers" after ...

A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Mexico Hints at Retaliation to Trump ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A ...

"This event quite literally looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before." Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to ...

In May, a star in the Pinwheel galaxy exploded in just the right place at nearly the right time for astronomers to unravel details of its death. It was the closest supernova to go off in the last five ...