Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the ...

Observing the Universe often means contemplating phenomena that occurred millions of years ago. But sometimes, the ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

Nowadays, scientists armed with sophisticated telescopes witness many supernovas every year, but they have all been distant ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a ...

The observations are the earliest yet of a supernova, revealing in detail the moment that the shockwave obliterated the star.

A stronomers have been able to catch the earliest phases of supernova explosions with one of the most powerful observatories ...

ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured an unprecedented early snapshot of supernova SN 2024ggi, revealing an elongated, ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, ...