Mysterious Star Survives a Thermonuclear Supernova Explosion
A Tenacious Star Validates a Revised Model of Supernovae A supernova is the cataclysmic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae, in particular, signal the complete…
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New Clues to Understanding the Mysterious Origin of Supernovae
Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on the scale…
Extraterrestrial Stone Could Be First Evidence on Earth of Supernova Ia Explosion
New chemistry ‘forensics’ indicates that the stone named Hypatia from the Egyptian desert could be the first physical evidence found on Earth of a supernova…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Circular Ring – Likely of Intergalactic Origin
Western Sydney University researchers, together with an international team of experts, have discovered a mysterious circular ring near our neighboring galaxy that could be the…
Supernova Forensics: Eight Years Later, a Mysterious Stellar Explosion Is Still Revealing Secrets
Study including University of Chicago researchers analyzes aftermath of 2014 supernova. An international group of astronomers has uncovered new clues about a mysterious stellar explosion…
Hubble Reveals Surviving Companion Star in Aftermath of Titanic Supernova Explosion
The discovery helps explain the puzzle of hydrogen loss pre-supernova, and supports the theory that most massive stars are paired. It’s not unheard of to…
Extraordinary Supernova Reveals Secrets to Astronomers – “A Sort of Time Machine”
A multinational team of astronomers led by Benjamin Thomas of The University of Texas at Austin has used observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at…
Astronomers Observe a Cosmic Particle Accelerator As Never Before
Gamma ray observatory H.E.S.S. reveals a cosmic particle acceleration process in unprecedented detail. With the help of special telescopes, researchers have observed a cosmic particle…
Mysterious Kilonova Explosion Afterglow Potentially Spotted for First Time
Strange ‘sonic boom’ accompanied unprecedented event. Mysterious X-rays observed 3.5 years after the merger of two neutron stars Astrophysicists believe a kilonova afterglow or materials…
Mysterious Source of Fast Radio Bursts – “We Could Not Believe It”
The Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-long bursts of radiation recorded on radio waves. They are extremely powerful — for example, during one of the…
Cosmic Mistaken Identity: “Supernova” Is Actually Something Much Rarer
In a case of cosmic mistaken identity, an international team of astronomers revealed that what they once thought was a supernova is actually periodic flaring…
Astronomers Watch a Star Die and Then Explode as a Supernova – For the Very First Time
It’s another first for astronomy. For the first time, a team of astronomers have imaged in real-time as a red supergiant star reached the end…
BOOM! A New Kind of Supernova Has Been Discovered
We often think of supernova explosions as inevitable for large stars. Big star runs out of fuel, gravity collapses its core, and BOOM! But astronomers…
Explosion of Supergiant Star Captured by Astronomers
Using a University of Hawaiʻi telescope on Haleakala and another on Maunakea, astronomers, for the very first time, imaged the dramatic end to a red…
Astronomers Witness a Massive Dying Star Reach Its Explosive End
Two Hawai’i Telescopes Capture a Massive Star Moments Before Going Supernova For the very first time, astronomers have imaged in real time the dramatic end…
Astronomers Capture Red Supergiant Star Exploding in Massive Supernova – For the Very First Time
Astronomers Capture Red Supergiant’s Death Throes “For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode,” researcher says. For the first time ever, astronomers…
Remarkable Connection Discovered Between Supernovae and Life on Earth
A remarkable link between the number of nearby exploding stars, called supernovae and life on Earths has been discovered. Evidence demonstrates a close connection between…
Science Made Simple: What Are Supernovae?
A supernova is the colossal explosion of a star. Scientists have identified several types of supernova. One type, called a “core-collapse” supernova, occurs in the…
