New research indicates that matter ejected during the supernova death of a star can fall back to neutrons stars, giving rise ...

The supernova, called SN 2023ixf, occurred as a red supergiant star in the galaxy Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel galaxy, expired. The team observed the supernova using the Hubble Space ...

Scientists targeted a light echo previously observed by NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope, and it is one of dozens found near remains of the Cassiopeia A supernova. The Webb images show ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the night sky. The exploding ...

"The high explosion energy of AT 2023adsv could indicate that the properties of supernova explosions might have been different in the early universe." Supernovas in the early universe just hit ...

"I think all of us on this paper are stressed about there being a next supernova before we have the right instrumentation," Safdi said. "It would be a real shame if a supernova went off tomorrow ...

Astronomers still can’t entirely account for the explosive power of a supernova. “It was thought that this rebounding shock that’s produced when the neutron star forms could explode the star ...

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Supernova is a relatively straightforward science fiction movie — at least until it isn’t. The plot centers on a six-person hospital ship that answers a distress call and rescues Karl (Peter ...

An illustration shows a neutron star surrounded by green magnetic field lines in the fiery shell of supernova wreckage from its birth. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Out in the universe ...