On April 10, 2024, astronomers began the fast-paced mission to capture supernova SN 2024ggi. Study coauthor Yi Yang of Tsinghua University in China initially learned about its sighting shortly after ...

Astronomers have witnessed a massive star's explosive death, a supernova, for the first time in its early stages. Observed by ...

For the first time, astronomers have observed the violent death of a star. The observations would not have been possible even ...

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 ...

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

Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star.

The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years ...

For the first time, scientists determined the shape of a supernova's shock front as it burst through the surface of a dying ...

Scientists now have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova, with a massive star exploding in a ...

When most people hear the word supernova, they envision a massive star reaching the end of its life and exploding outwards to leave a ghostly remnant in its place. This is called a Type II supernova — ...

Scientists have observed for first time the very early stages of a supernova — death of a star — with a massive star ...

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