NASA is celebrating the holiday season with photographs of the remnants of a supernova star captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The star, named Cassiopeia A (Cas A), shines brightly from ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released an image of the ghostly remains of a star that exploded 11,000 years ago, just in time for Halloween. The event is known as the Vela supernova, and ...

16:12, Thu, Aug 21, 2025 Updated: 16:14, Thu, Aug 21, 2025 Scientists have for the first time seen the inside of a dying star during its explosive death, providing an unprecedented glimpse into how ...

Around 350 years ago, a titanic supernova erupted into sight more than 11,000 light years away from Earth. Cassiopeia A (Cas A) emerged when a star roughly 15 to 25 times larger than our sun exploded, ...

The remains of an exploded star have been examined in detail for the first time. Using telescopes attached to an observatory launched into space last year, astronomers have mapped and measured ...

A NEARBY star is about to reach supernova, which may finally make it visible to the naked eye. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event, according to Nasa, as this reoccurring nova outburst only happens ...

Humanity may be about to experience the first supernova visible to the naked eye in over 400 years, as a supergiant star appears to be close to exploding. According to astronomers, the Betelgeuse red ...

A star that exploded in a galaxy just 21 million light-years from Earth is a red supergiant, an UK astrophysicist has said. The explosion was detected around 10 days ago and made headlines as ...