Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

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

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

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

A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | ...

A star going supernova at the end of its life epitomizes the phrase "going out with a bang." For the first time, scientists say they've seen the early phases of that last stellar hurrah.

If Betelgeuse were to go boom it would be the nearest supernova explosion in more than 400 years and it would be so bright it would be visible even in daylight. You may like Is the 'Blaze Star ...

Star Antares and its vicinity, at Scorpius Constellation. getty Where else should supernova-hunters look for a supernova? There’s more to supernova-hunting than just starting at Betelgeuse and ...

It was first spotted in April 2020 by the Zwicky Transient Facility at the Palomar Observatory when the star was in the earliest stages of a supernova, and Hubble scientists quickly decided to ...

One of the brightest stars in the sky makes up Orion's shoulder and also looks to be on the verge of going supernova sometime between today and 100,000 years from today.

It’s important to remember that when we talk about Betelgeuse “going supernova,” what we really mean is the light from Betelgeuse’s climactic explosion finally reaching our peepers. More ...

More than 10 thousand years ago, a star in our galaxy exploded. Nearly 500 years later, the imprint of that explosive burst is still visible—and it’s very fluffy.