The result is a rare before-and-after look at a dying star. The supernova, called SN 2025pht, came from a red supergiant, one ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have achieved a remarkable first: capturing a detailed view of a red supergiant star just before it exploded as a supernova. The star, located ...

Betelgeuse is a colossal star that shines brilliantly in the constellation Orion, approximately 600 light-years from Earth. Immense and unstable, this red supergiant is in the final stages of its ...

The first double-burst supernova ever observed, SNR 0509, is a historic discovery that reveals how white dwarfs explode in ...

By combining Webb’s infrared data with older Hubble Space Telescope images, scientists traced the explosion, known as ...

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An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively ...

When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime.

Considering the immense size of the universe, it's no surprise that space still holds plenty of secrets for us. Recently, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by Northwestern University has for the first time ...