Scientists have discovered new clues about the supernova remnant called Tycho. The researchers used NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer to look at polarized X-rays.

IN NATURE (vol. xv., p. 406) is published a copy of a portrait of Tycho Brahe in the possession of Dr. Crompton of Manchester. Although it seems, from the inscription in the corner, that the ...

According to NASA, the Tycho supernova blast itself released as much energy as the Sun would put out over the course of 10 billion years. The blast was visible to many on Earth in 1572.

Archeologists are exhuming 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe to solve long-standing mysteries over the famed Danish scientist's health and, possibly, his death.

The supernova remnant is called Tycho, named for Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who noticed the bright glow of this new “star” in the constellation Cassiopeia in 1572.

The exploded remains of supernova Tycho were discovered 450 years ago. Shakespeare would have been 8 years old then and could have seen the supernova some experts say citing an early passage in ...

NASA's IXPE unraveled the mysteries of the historic Tycho supernova. The remnants of a star whose explosion was found 450 years ago have been the subject of new research by a global team of experts.

Tycho’s Supernova Remnant (SNR) resulted from the explosion of a white dwarf star. The model shows how Tycho's SNR might appear at an age of 1,000 years, after evolving from its current age of 447 ...

The red circle visible in the upper left part of the image is SN 1572, informally called “Tycho’s Supernova”. We now know that the object that was observed from 1572-74 was a supernova ...

Even in death, stars are stunning. Instead of just fading into the darkness, a dying star actually explodes in what is called a supernova. But the remains of the supernova do something equally ...