A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made an unprecedented breakthrough, capturing the most distant ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

Scientists have for the first time peered inside a dying star as it exploded in a supernova, gaining not just unprecedented views of its layers, but more so, insight into the process of stellar ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.