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 ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 ...
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 ...
"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...
The supernova explosion, designated as SN 2018gv, is found in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525. According to NASA, Hubble began observing the supernova after an amateur astronomer named Koichi Itagaki first ...
When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime ...
An international team of astronomers has conducted detailed multicolor photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN ...
An artist’s illustration depicts silicon, argon and sulfur releasing from a massive star. - Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of ...