Astronomers have spotted a star around 160,000 light years away that appears to have exploded twice in the first ever evidence of a "double supernova". A supernova is a powerful stellar explosion that ...

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 ...

A long-forgotten star has shared a final, spectacular secret. Hidden in its dusty remains, astronomers have found clues showing it exploded not once, but twice. The finding comes from SNR 0509-67.5, a ...

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Astronomers have obtained the first visual evidence of a white dwarf that exploded not once but twice. Credit: ESO Justin Baldoni Confirms He Told Pregnant Blake Lively He Is Circumcised with Ryan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...