Supernovae like these are very luminous and referred to as "standard candles" in astronomy. As fixed points, they are used to ...

Most supernovae result from the dramatic collapse of massive stars, but one important type comes from a more modest origin.

Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

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

A dramatic double supernova explosion has been captured for the first time by a team of scientists, including a ­Trinity ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

(CN) — While all stars go out in a bang, some go out with two. For the first time, astronomers have recorded visual evidence ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...