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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The supernova, called SN 2023ixf, occurred as a red supergiant star in the galaxy Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel galaxy, expired.

For nearly six months, during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a new star glittering in the constellation Cassiopeia. Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded the rare event, an ...

Supernova SN 2023ixf was discovered in the Pinwheel galaxy, or M101, on 19 May by a Japanese amateur astronomer called Koichi Itagaki. It is the closest supernova to Earth since SN 2014J in 2014 ...

All supernovae are exploding stars. But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit. One type, named Type 1a supernovae, involves a binary star where one of the pair is a white dwarf. And ...

Space Astronomy Astronomers develop 'early warning system' to watch supernova explosions tear through the cosmos in real time News By Jamie Carter published October 13, 2022 ...