Thanks to observations using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), astronomers have ...

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

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

ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured an unprecedented early snapshot of supernova SN 2024ggi, revealing an elongated, ...

Astronomers were able to capture the shape of a supernova for the first time in the earliest hours after the outbreak, ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured the moment a massive star exploded, observing the blast just as it burst ...

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 ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, ...

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