A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...

Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting ...

Learn more about what the first few moments of a supernova look like and the international collaboration that helped with ...

These images show the evolution of supernova SN 2026gzf, which was first detected by the Einstein Probe on 21 March 2026.

A rare X-ray flash captured the first light from SN 2026gzf, an energetic supernova that produced no detected gamma-ray burst. The dying star had shed its hydrogen and helium, building shells of ...

A rare stellar explosion has allowed astronomers to follow the death of a massive star from start to finish, yielding one of the most complete datasets ever collected for such an event. The explosion ...

Astronomers have watched the death of a star like never before, and it suggests there might be a new way for them to die.

Astronomers capture a rare shock breakout as a massive Wolf-Rayet star explodes into a broad-lined Type Ic supernova, ...

Artist’s impression of a hot core—a warm cocoon of molecular gas surrounding a newborn star—discovered in a supernova remnant. Blue represents high-energy regions produced by the supernova explosion, ...

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Astronomers watch star explode like never before – and find an entirely new way for them to die - Observations from across ...