Betelgeuse, 650 light years away, may be nearing the end of its fuel, meaning its supernova could light Earth’s skies as ...

"No low-frequency radio image of the entire Southern Galactic Plane has been published before, making this an exciting ...

Artificial intelligence is classifying real supernova explosions without the traditional use of spectra, thanks to a team of astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. The ...

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. The supernova was first spotted ...

Data from a recent stellar explosion showed a mathematical discrepancy, possibly providing rare evidence of a black hole forming right before our very eyes. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes A team ...

Two Princeton researchers, Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, have become the first humans in recorded history to witness the explosion of a supernova in real time. Soderberg, who is a postdoctoral ...

(via PBS Space Time) The deaths of massive stars results in one of the most beautiful and violent events in the universe: the supernova. They are so luminous we can see them here on Earth and ...

If you haven't had the chance to observe the new supernova exploding in the night sky, don't worry — it should be around for another year, maybe more. And it won't vanish quickly — scientists expect ...

On the morning of October 9, astronomers’ inboxes pinged with a relatively modest alert: NASA’s Swift Observatory had just detected a fresh burst of energy, assumed to be coming from somewhere within ...