Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.
An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...
Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...
Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...
A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...
Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, SN 2024ggi, revealed a surprisingly olive-shaped blast when studied with ...
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.