How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, ...

A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...

A supernova from the early universe looks unexpectedly familiar, challenging ideas about how the first massive stars lived and died.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The insides of a star are on full display thanks to an explosion. New research published this month in Nature is revealing the details of a star’s core. “This is the first time we have ...

Webb traced the light of a dying star, supernova GRB 250314A, from when the universe was only 730 million years old.