Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and these signals offer new insights into how massive stars meet their demise.
The signals provide astronomers with a look into the life, and death, of a massive star exploding into a supernova.
In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...
For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years ...
A star in the Andromeda Galaxy has inexplicably vanished, leaving behind a puzzling red light source that is baffling astronomers.
NASA and The Hubble Space Telescope has noticed the disappearance of the massive star N6946‑BH1 after it flared to a million ...
From planet-scorching stellar outbursts to cataclysms so powerful they shiver the very fabric of spacetime, these are some of the biggest blasts our cosmos has to offer ...
"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...
It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...
For about three years now, scientists have been anticipating a nova explosion. Specifically, the explosion of the binary star ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has picked up the light from a massive star that exploded about a billion years after the ...
Betelgeuse is the star that everybody can't wait to see blow up, preferably sooner rather than later. That's because it's a red supergiant on the verge of becoming a supernova and there hasn't been ...