The Crab Nebula is a six-light-year-wide remnant of a star’s supernova explosion, capturing the intense energy released during the explosion . Astronomers used data from Hubble to ‘rewind time ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy ... supernova. This type of supernova requires a remarkable object called a white dwarf, the crystallized core of a ...

A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the night sky. The exploding supergiant star—the result of its core collapsing under its own gravity ...

When the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton pointed its telescope at two unidentified sources of light in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud, scientists were able to confirm what seemed an ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

For a supernova to leave behind a remnant, the dying star must be surrounded by ionized gases — conditions typically found in dense, star-forming regions, not in the outer reaches of a galaxy.

The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 ... from the explosion of the core of a dead star. Supernovae of this type help ...

WOH G64 is shedding its outer layers, a dramatic process leading to its inevitable transformation into a colossal supernova ... such detail of a star beyond our galaxy is extraordinary ...