This increase is crucial because most systematic uncertainties in supernova measurements stem from calibration issues across ...

This "supernova archaeology" uncovered important clues about a star that self-destructed—probably more than a million years ago. Today, the system called GRO J1655-40 contains a black hole with ...

During the final stages in the life of a gargantuan star, its death throes culminate in a powerful thermonuclear blast — a supernova — that typically destroys the celestial object, unleashing ...

A star from dozens of lightyears away was to blame for what would soon happen. Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart their DNA ...

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...