Two white dwarfs are trapped in a decaying orbit that will eventually turn them into a Type Ia supernova. It’s a common ...

The edge of a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 3324, found at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula, forms the 'mountains' and 'valleys' spanning this image captured by the James Webb Space ...

But there are other varieties of supernova that are a little bit harder to predict, and a little bit harder to spot. For example, there are special cases of supernovas where the dying star is ...

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine brighter than anything currently visible in the night sky. But ...

People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has ...

Caption: New research suggests at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were caused by a nearby supernova. Pictured is an example of one of these stellar explosions, Supernova 1987a ...