For over 30 years, astronomers have relied on Type Ia supernovae to measure the universe’s expansion. These stellar ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that may have sparked extraterrestrial life in the very first galaxies. When the ...

A massive dataset of 3,628 Type Ia Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility is being released, offering new insights ...

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...

Three and a half kilometers beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80km off the coast of Sicily, lies half of a very unusual ...

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 ...

Fresh research proposes that the universe might be teeming with particles that move faster than light, according to ...

NASA frequently shares cosmic images, revealing intriguing details about star-forming regions, black holes, galaxies and ...

This explosion is referred to as a core-collapse supernova. Artistic representation of a neutron star filled with the densest material in the known universe. | Credit: University of Alicante This ...

Supernova SN 2014C defied expectations by transforming from Type Ib to Type IIn. Scientists uncovered its hydrogen-rich CSM, ...