“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Astronomers using the NSF Very Large Array report the first radio detection of a rare Type Ibn supernova, revealing how a massive star lost helium-rich material in the years before its explosion ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

A star system in our own galactic neighborhood is poised to put on a show so bright it could briefly rival the planets and ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

Scientists have for the first time peered inside a dying star as it exploded in a supernova, gaining not just unprecedented views of its layers, but more so, insight into the process of stellar ...

This artist's impression shows, about 22 million light-years away, the supernova SN 2024ggi exploding in the galaxy NGC 3621. (ESO/L. Calçada via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists have revealed for the ...

Of all of Rob Mazurek's projects, the Exploding Star Orchestra may be the fullest manifestation of his incisive musical vision. Stars Have Shapes stays on the original mission and continues the ...

The first generation of stars that were born in the universe are a mystery. We can estimate when they existed and even how ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...