New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

The supernova remnant is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a Milky Way satellite galaxy, and hides a rapidly spinning neutron star. The colorful, wispy remains of a star's violent death glow ...

Only late the next afternoon did he learn that a bright supernova had just been discovered in the Pinwheel Galaxy. Lo and behold, he'd also captured it, at 11 p.m. the night before—eleven and a ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Like the subject of a ...

A star exploded as a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major, Sky and Telescope reports. It’s bright enough to see with a small telescope.

An unusual star system created more of a fizz and less of a bang when it exploded in a supernova. The “ultra-stripped” supernova led researchers to discover the two stars 11,000 light-years ...

The galaxy the supernova can be found near the Big Dipper. Look for seven stars that appear to make up the shape of a saucepan, with three making up the handle, and four stars creating the bowl shape.

In a galaxy far, far away, about 21 million light years away, something amazing happened. In April, I took a photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy near the Big Dipper’s handle, opposite the Whirlpool ...

(CNN) — A sparkling new supernova has appeared in the night sky, and a telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii was perfectly poised to capture the aftermath of the cosmic burst.