The ESO's Very Large Telescope points at the exact position of the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, or "the expanding shells of a star that detonated twice," located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a ...

Generally speaking, once a star explodes, that’s pretty much it. It’s done. But there are exceptions. In the 1870s, the star Eta Carina underwent a massive and violent outburst, releasing so much ...

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In just the past six weeks, two supernovae have flared up in an obscure galaxy in the constellation Hercules. Never before have astronomers observed two of these powerful stellar explosions occurring ...

Supernova 2007ck (left) is a Type II event, and Supernova 2007co (right) is a Type Ia event. The image is a combination of red, green, and blue pictures taken on June 9 and 12 by the ...

Data from four telescopes was used to create the artful image. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA has started the new year with ...

A pair of rare, compact white dwarf stars that are set to collide in about 23 billion years have been spotted by researchers at the University of Warwick. After converging, the binary star system will ...

NASA has taken to its blog to share an incredible new image of a supernova remnant, or the leftover remains of an exploded star. However, this new image doesn't feature just one of remains of a ...

Stellar explosions are messy affairs, so two consecutive supernovas in the same galaxy are bound to leave a mark. That's the story behind a dramatic new Hubble Space Telescope image of a galaxy called ...

The Gemini South Multi-Object Spectograph (GMOS) recently captured a dramatic image of a vast cloud complex named DEM L316 located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The peanut-shaped nebula appears to be ...