The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

A team of astronomers believe they’ve witnessed a star split in half before merging back together again, triggering an ...

JWST detects supernova from 730M years after Big Bang, offering rare glimpse of stars in early universe. The event offers scientists a rare glimpse into the final moments of massive stars.