A NASA space telescope has captured the violent death of an exploding star in visible light for the first time. The Kepler space telescope captured the first, brilliant flash of an exploding star’s ...

Australian astronomers have captured never-before-seen photos of an exploding giant star, 100 times bigger than the sun. The imagery of the supernova shows a powerful burst of light as a shock wave ...

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.

Rare exploding stars billions of times brighter than our sun have overturned existing theories on how stars die, according to astronomers at Queen's University Belfast. The scientists have used some ...

Video caption, This video zoom shows images of SN1987A from ESO telescopes, ending with an artist's impression of a close-up of the exploding star. 4 August 2010 Astronomers have for the first time ...