When this shock reaches the surface, it releases an enormous burst of energy. The star brightens dramatically, becoming visible as a supernova. For a short period, astronomers can study the initial ...

On April 10, 2024, astronomers began the fast-paced mission to capture supernova SN 2024ggi. Study coauthor Yi Yang of Tsinghua University in China initially learned about its sighting shortly after ...

Scientists have captured the moment the shockwave of a supernova explosion breaks out through the surface of a doomed star ...

Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star.

The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...

Scientists have observed for first time the very early stages of a supernova — death of a star — with a massive star ...

For the first time, scientists determined the shape of a supernova's shock front as it burst through the surface of a dying ...

Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

Scientists now have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova, with a massive star exploding in a ...

Humanity can survive a supernova explosion due to the fact that the closest potential candidate is at a safe distance.

Betelgeuse made everybody think it was going to explode in a spectacular supernova. It turns out the star just belched and shrouded itself in dust.