A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.

A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

Each star is a SN exploding with the size indicating how bright it appears and the colour indicating the colour of the supernova, they go from blue (hotter) to yellow (cooler) as they grow older and ...

Ancient ‘white dwarf’ stars explode and die in more ways than was thought, and observing these violent cosmic deaths could help scientists to discover the invisible ‘dark energy’ that is powering the ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after ...

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has identified what's causing mysterious lights in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant ...