Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...

An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, successfully probed the early universe. An international group of astronomers has reached a new milestone in studying the early universe.

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Astronomers report a strange cosmic blast that looked like a kilonova, then behaved like a supernova, hinting at a possible first “superkilonova” and leaving scientists debating how stars truly die.

Scientists have discovered a star system on our "galactic doorstep" that is heading towards a rare cosmic explosion that will be 10 times brighter than the Moon. The doomed "spiralling" stars, found ...

Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars, is set to go supernova soon. This event will make it shine as brightly as the full ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Learn how gravity and mass are pulling two stars into tighter, faster orbit around each other, with an explosive collision inevitable. In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the ...