An annotated picture shows the SN 2023ixf supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy. The supernova is the closest seen in five years.International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab ...

An international team of astronomers, working with researchers from University College Dublin and other institutions, has ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made an unprecedented breakthrough, capturing the most distant ...

It’s a terrifying thought: an exploding star near Earth, blasting our planet with cosmic rays which killed off species on the surface. But it might have happened in our planet’s distant past, ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

In a strange turn of events, a supernova birthed twin baby neutron stars that merged to make a powerful kilonova.

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

After decades of trying, astronomers have found the origin of a Type Ia supernova explosion using radio emissions, thanks to the e-MERLIN telescope network based at Jodrell Bank, The University of ...

The supernova is located in the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, 21million light-years away from Earth (Picture: Steven Bellavia/space.com) Stargazers are in for a treat as astronomers have ...

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