Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

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New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and explode.

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However, surprisingly, just hours before this explosion, intense changes occurred within the star. Recent research indicates that the silicon-rich inner material expanded outward and mixed with the ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has unveiled new insights into the final hours of the star that created Cassiopeia A, one of ...

A neutron star-powered pulsar is fleeing a supernova explosion in the outskirts of the Milky Way, a low-density region where ...

Most stars in the Milky Way move at steady speeds, orbiting the galactic center in regular paths. But astronomers have ...

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 ...

Astronomers have uncovered the violent secret of V Sagittae, a white dwarf star consuming its companion in a spectacular ...