Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

NASA has released an unprecedented time-lapse video showing the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, a cosmic relic of a ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The faint spot of light of the supernova responsible for GRB 250314A, seen by the James Webb ...

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.

A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over ...