It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the ...

One of Week 6's Weekly Challenges in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 tasks you with damaging players with Supernova Gear, and if ...

Fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are blasts of X-rays from distant galaxies. Astronomers have detected FXTs since the 1970s, but ...

The two objects make for a strange pair. Unlike Betelgeuse, which is approaching the end of its life, the blue-white ...

A study using the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes has revealed that "an exploded star can pose ...

Astrophysicists have analyzed two merging black holes; the team's best models suggest that at least one, if not both, of the ...

A newly discovered supernova can be watched as it develops in real-time online and for free. The event will kick off at 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) on Thursday, May 25.

An unusual star system created more of a fizz and less of a bang when it exploded in a supernova. The “ultra-stripped” supernova led researchers to discover the two stars 11,000 light-years ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...