The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

In a strange turn of events, a supernova birthed twin baby neutron stars that merged to make a powerful kilonova.

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

A team of astronomers believe they’ve witnessed a star split in half before merging back together again, triggering an ...

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

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

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...

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.