Astronomers have been able to catch the earliest phases of supernova explosions with one of the most powerful observatories ...

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

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

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

The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...

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 ...

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 ...

The observations are the earliest yet of a supernova, revealing in detail the moment that the shockwave obliterated the star.

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, ...

Some of the earliest images ever taken in the wake of massive star’s death give astronomers important clues about what triggers a supernova.

For the first time, astronomers unveiled the shape of a supernova at its earliest stage.