It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...

Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...