What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside stars, far removed from the calm conditions required for life itself. The ...

On the evening of Sunday, January 12, the SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club will present Christa DeCoursey, a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Arizona and a member of the James Webb ...

One such occasion occurred earlier in 2025, when NASA scientists reported sightings of a supernova that exploded when the ...

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history. An analysis of ...

One of the great mysteries of the Universe is where all the metal actually comes from. We know it's forged in cosmic fire – but which fires in particular, and in which proportions, is a little bit ...

Alex Filippenko is the kind of guy who brings a telescope to a party. True to form, at a soiree on May 18 this year, he wowed his hosts with images of star clusters and colorful galaxies — including ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...

You’d think that supernovae – the death throes of massive stars and among the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe – would be hard to miss. Yet the number of these blasts observed in ...

Humankind has long turned to the skies in search of answers. Accounts of supernovae – exploding stars – go back thousands of years, but while we know today that these events create the building blocks ...

It’s easy to forget that stars, just like us, have lifetimes. They’re born, they live, and eventually, they die. And for some stars, their death is dramatic, producing an explosion so powerful it can ...