MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this time in the constellation Vela. This nova — later designated V572 Velorum ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...

(CN) — While all stars go out in a bang, some go out with two. For the first time, astronomers have recorded visual evidence ...

In a 218-to-214 vote, the House of Representatives passed a sweeping bill that extends tax cuts and slashes social safety-net ...

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...