Just 150 light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has identified an exceptional binary system. These two stars, ...

Two white dwarfs are trapped in a decaying orbit that will eventually turn them into a Type Ia supernova. It’s a common ...

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

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 ...

But there are other varieties of supernova that are a little bit harder to predict, and a little bit harder to spot. For example, there are special cases of supernovas where the dying star is ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and triggered global biodiversity loss. A new study suggests that at least two o ...

Fields has theorized about this cosmic rubble since the 1990s. But it wasn't until 2004 that researchers started sifting out supernova remnants from ocean samples. They found traces of a ...