The first detailed map of supernova SN 2024ggi shows an unexpected asymmetric shape (Image: ESO/L. Calçada) Astronomers have captured a supernova’s shape in unprecedented detail. SN 2024ggi exploded ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a teardrop-shaped star that it predicts is about to explode in a supernova. The star's unusual shape is caused by a nearby white dwarf distorting ...

Scientists have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova — the death of a star — with a massive star exploding in a distinctive olive-like shape. They used the European ...

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 ...