Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...

In a remarkable feat of cosmic observation, astronomers have detected a star exhibiting behavior that has never been seen ...

When this shock reaches the surface, it releases an enormous burst of energy. The star brightens dramatically, becoming visible as a supernova. For a short period, astronomers can study the initial ...

Data from a recent stellar explosion showed a mathematical discrepancy, possibly providing rare evidence of a black hole forming right before our very eyes. Reading time 2 minutes A team of ...

Two Princeton researchers, Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, have become the first humans in recorded history to witness the explosion of a supernova in real time. Soderberg, who is a postdoctoral ...