Astronomers don’t often get to witness a gigantic star getting undressed. But that is exactly what they witnessed with ...

The explosion of a massive star locked in a deadly orbit with a black hole has been discovered with the help of artificial ...

Yes, it's real. I photographed a supernova in another galaxy — from my apartment balcony in the middle of Tokyo. Watch the full breakdown of how I planned, captured, and processed this ...

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...

“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...

Astronomers observe a black hole triggering a rare new supernova, offering fresh insights into stellar death and extreme ...

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Black holes are dark, menacing objects with gravity so intense that not even light can escape, so you don’t want to mess with ...

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have gotten the most complete look at a supernova ever, watching and tracking a star’s explosion in real time, as noted in a new study.

Supernova events are common, visually spectacular astronomical cataclysms. In 1987, a supernova just ~168,000 light-years away was observed in the Large Magellanic Cloud. ...

For the first time a star has been observed in real-time as it goes supernova -- a mind bogglingly powerful explosion as the star ends its life, the resulting cosmic eruption briefly outshining an ...