Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to the bone," offers a rare glimpse ...

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

But the newly discovered supernova, dubbed SN 2021yfj, displayed a startling different chemical signature containing silicon, ...

It took place some 750 million light-years away, flaring into the detectors of the Zwicky Transient Facility on 7 July. At ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...

BERKELEY — Eta Carinae, the galaxy’s biggest, brightest and perhaps most studied star after the sun, has been keeping a secret: Its giant outbursts appear to be driven by an entirely new type ...

New type of star gives clues to mysterious origin of magnetars Date: August 17, 2023 Source: ESO Summary: Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising new type of star deep within the center of our Milky Way galaxy with dramatic brightness changes.

A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning. It is possible ...

Star Gazers host Trace Dominguez breaks down the 5 different types of nebulae.