Supernova, A supergiant that collapses onto itself and explodes with such force that it releases more energy than millions of suns. (Photo by: QAI Publishing/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

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A newly built International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) in India has identified its first supernova—designated SN 2023af. The finding, reported November 8 on the pre-print server arXiv, proves that ...

A dust grain ejected when a massive star explodes as a supernova can follow a few different paths. One possibility is that it will leave its host galaxy entirely as part of a galactic wind. Nearly ...

Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have contributed to a landmark study that complicates our understanding of the universe. The work is published on the arXiv preprint server. The Dark ...

Scientists have discovered a peculiar supernova that may have resulted from a star's misguided attempt to swallow a black hole. The new case, soon to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, ...

The supernova, designated SN 2023ixf, is one of the largest and brightest seen for a decade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images ...