Astronomers have seen a lot of stars explode, but one unusual stellar death is forcing them to rethink what they thought they ...

A supernova blast 2.2 billion light-years from Earth has given astronomers a deeper view into a star's centre than ever ...

Scientists think a gigantic dying star tried to swallow a black hole. It didn't end well for the star, a new study says.

A distant supernova exposed elements from a star’s core. The result reshapes ideas of how massive stars evolve. According to long-standing theory, stars are built in layers like onions, with each ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

SN2021yfj is a new kind of supernova, challenging our understanding of stellar evolution. Its progenitor lost its outer shells well before the supernova happened and only consisted of its ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study ...

Recently, the field of astronomy revealed a jaw-dropping discovery — black hole accretion disks are intricately linked to the luminosity differences in supernova explosions. This finding is like ...

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the width of the sun. If it were placed in our solar system, it would stretch to ...