Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

NASA has released its longest-ever time-lapse from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing the expanding remains of Kepler’s Supernova, one of the most powerful stellar explosions ever witnessed by ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious.

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, SN 2024ggi, revealed a surprisingly olive-shaped blast when studied with ...

A faint, ancient flash of light detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the most distant stellar explosion ever recorded, revealing a massive star’s demise when the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Only a few hours after its birth, astronomers successfully glimpsed ...