An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The combination of a supernova and a kilonova may have produced a rare space explosion that astronomers have never seen ...

The Webb space telescope observed a supernova that took place when the universe was 730 million years old, setting a new record for the oldest stellar explosion detected to date. With this new ...

This artist's impression shows, about 22 million light-years away, the supernova SN 2024ggi exploding in the galaxy NGC 3621. (ESO/L. Calçada via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists have revealed for the ...

In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers might have observed the first known“superkilonova” – an explosive cosmic event ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside stars, far removed from the calm conditions required for life itself. The ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...