The closest cosmic explosion to Earth in the last 10 years became a record breaker for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI). The supernova, designated (SN) 2023ixf, was first ...

A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf stars collided, creating a temporary 'guest star,' now labeled supernova (SN) ...

Thanks to observations using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), astronomers have managed to capture one of the shortest phases of a supernova's life — the ...

Astronomers were able to capture the shape of a supernova for the first time in the earliest hours after the outbreak, observing SN 2024ggi in the galaxy NGC 3621 at a distance of about 22 million ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star.

The ESO's Very Large Telescope points at the exact position of the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, or "the expanding shells of a star that detonated twice," located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a ...

Citizen scientists have set a new record for the SETI Institute and Unistellar, comprising the highest number of observers providing data on a single event. Amateur astronomers conducted a ...

Astronomers Detect Brightest Supernova on Record A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham say they've identified the brightest supernova explosion on record, and it may be a previously ...

The powerful space telescope uncovered 80 early and distant star explosions in a patch of sky the size of a grain of rice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A new telescope image has shed light on the ghostly remains of the first recorded supernova. More than 1,800 years ago, in the year 185, Chinese astronomers recorded what they called a "guest star" ...

This illustration charts the evolution of the SNR 1181 remnant, from its creation when a carbon-oxygen-based white dwarf and oxygen-neon white dwarf merged, to the formation of its two shock regions.