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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Some of the earliest images ever taken in the wake of massive star’s death give astronomers important clues about what triggers a supernova.

A University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa astronomer helped pull off a cosmic first: mapping the three‑dimensional shape of a star’s ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

Scientists, using the Very Large Telescope, have captured the earliest stages of a supernova explosion, revealing a star 15 times the mass of our sun exploding in an olive-like shape. The study ...

Is there anything more dramatic than an exploding star? More than just extraordinarily bright, energetic events that can ...

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.