The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times the mass of our sun that exhausts its nuclear fuel and undergoes a core collapse,

In a groundbreaking cosmic revelation, astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a dying star erupting in a rare

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a major cosmological mystery.