Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a ...

A group of scientists announced Thursday that they captured the explosive end to a red supergiant star's life for the first time, documenting its death throes as it collapsed into a type II supernova.

Astronomers have traced the timeline of a stellar explosion in a neighboring galaxy using data from three NASA telescopes. When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it explodes in a brilliant ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supernovas are not always so super. These explosions that mark the death of a star often are spectacularly energetic. But once in a while they are a complete dud. Scientists on ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope showed the explosive death of a star just as the ...

Astronomers have captured the death of a red supergiant star for the first time. The real-time discovery was published Jan. 6 in Astrophysical Journal and led by researchers at Northwestern University ...

Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing the ...

Artist's impression of a yellow supergiant in a close binary with a blue, main sequence companion star, similar to the properties derived for the 2019yvr progenitor system in Kilpatrick et al. (2021).

Three NASA space telescopes teamed up to eye the supernova remnant SNR 0519. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have ...