Supernovae, these gigantic stellar explosions, release a phenomenal amount of energy. This energy travels through space, ...

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

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic variable star, designated GOTO0650, which is in a rarely seen late stage of its evolution. This was also the first major discovery for the ...

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

Astronomers have taken the first ever image that shows what happens when a star explodes twice in a supernova.

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

On Friday, Feb. 28, the famous Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventures in Jackson, N.J., was imploded, ending its tenure as the tallest coaster in the world.