When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime ...

Astronomers have solved the mystery of a star that has baffled scientists for over a century, finding it is a cannibal white dwarf about to blow in an explosion that will be visible with the naked eye ...

Scientists trying to work out whether a star exploded and the resulting debris crashed into Earth 10 million years ago may be one step closer to solving the mystery. They discovered an unusual amount ...

However, V Sagittae is an exceptional phenomenon: it consistently maintains an unusual brightness rather than a brief ...

Astronomers may have recorded the violent birth of one of the weirdest objects our Universe is capable of producing.

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is ...

A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion ...

Astronomers have witnessed a rare “extremely stripped supernova” that exposed the inner silicon layers of a dying star, confirming theories of stellar fusion and offering new insight into how ...

An international team of astronomers has conducted detailed multicolor photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN ...

Today, let’s talk about something spectacular in the universe — the breakthrough of supernova shock waves through circumstellar medium, during which the blackbody temperature skyrockets to 12500K!

This cosmic dance not only makes the system burn with unusual brilliance but also creates a massive gas halo, signaling its turbulent and doomed future. Scientists believe this frenzied interaction ...

In a recent groundbreaking discovery in astrophysics, astronomers have unveiled the presence of a “ghost star” nestled within the remnants of a supernova. This novel find sheds light on the life ...