A supernova is one of the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the universe. It’s an event that occurs when a star ...

A distant stellar explosion has offered astronomers a rare natural experiment, one that turns gravity into a powerful optical ...

I was exploding with excitement to ask my friend Guy Worthey about supernovas. He’s an astronomer at Washington State University. He told me a supernova is a very energetic explosion in space. There ...

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Webb traced the light of a dying star, supernova GRB 250314A, from when the universe was only 730 million years old.

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

An international team of astronomers has conducted optical and near-infrared observations of a supernova designated SN ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside stars, far removed from the calm conditions required for life itself. The ...

What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions? What about up in space? Is it a solar flare? Think again, as the largest explosion in ...