The result is a rare before-and-after look at a dying star. The supernova, called SN 2025pht, came from a red supergiant, one ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have achieved a remarkable first: capturing a detailed view of a red ...

Study finds evidence of a possible star explosion 10 million years ago by discovering unusually high levels of cosmic rays in ...

In a new study, a team of astronomers report that they have captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a red supergiant before ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The insides of a star are on full display thanks to an explosion. New research published this month in Nature is revealing the details of a star’s core. “This is the first time we have ...

A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

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Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions are known, that ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an explanation for one of the strangest stellar explosions ever seen. The ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a star that exploded not once, but twice. A new image of a roughly 300-year-old supernova provides visual evidence that some dying stars undergo a double ...