"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

This newly discovered explosion from the dawn of time is helping scientists map the chemical evolution of the first galaxies.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...

“Supernova explosions and the elements they hurl into space are the lifeblood of new stars and planets,” said Brian Williams ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts ...