MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

A dramatic double supernova explosion has been captured for the first time by a team of scientists, including a ­Trinity ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These are the expanding ...

Astronomers capture first image of a white dwarf exploding twice in space Rare double-detonation seen in supernova remnant ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) published a photograph revealing the remnants of a white dwarf star that ended its ...

Astronomers have finally found evidence for a proposed mechanism for a special kind of supernova, known as a Type Ia ...

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...