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 ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed ...

Researchers have discovered the cause of the brightest burst of light ever recorded. But in doing so they have run up against two bigger mysteries, including one that casts doubt on where our heavy ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

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 ...

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 ...

RESEARCHERS have claimed that one of Earth’s closest star neighbors may explode within our lifetime. A new unpublished study, which is not yet peer-reviewed, posits that Betelgeuse might soon explode ...

A new understanding of the last days of supergiant stars may have given scientists the clues they need to predict when those stars will go supernova, collapsing in some of the largest explosions known ...

An extraterrestrial rock that was found in Egypt more than 25 years ago may be the first evidence on Earth of a rare supernova explosion, scientists have claimed. Researchers analysed the Hypathia ...