Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY It has been considered by some that global cooling in the Plio-Pleistocene might have been due to changes in ocean ...

Astronomers have found evidence that a neutron star exists at the centre of the only exploding star – supernova – visible to the naked eye in the last 400 years, solving a 30-year-old mystery.

A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a cosmic phenomenon in which a star ...

Astronomers have been able to catch the earliest phases of supernova explosions with one of the most powerful observatories on Earth. These incredible observations have provided our first look at what ...

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 ...

Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1% over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers them. This process will keep the Sun ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the captivating tale of the exploding star supernova SN2007gr and its unique connection to gamma-ray bursts. 2007gr was seen to have gas screaming away from it at almost half the speed of ...

Supernova 1987A – located in a neighbouring dwarf galaxy – has been observed for more than three decades. Astronomers have found strong evidence of a neutron star in the remnants of an exploding star ...

Astronomers have found strong evidence of a neutron star in the remnants of an exploding star (Nasa/Esa/CSA/M Matsuura [Cardiff University]/R Arendt [Nasa’s Goddard Spaceflight Centre and University ...