For the first time, astronomers have spotted a star that exploded not once, but twice. A new image of a roughly 300-year-old supernova provides visual evidence that some dying stars undergo a double ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

"This discovery heralds a broader understanding of the diversity in massive stars' deaths and a need for deeper ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

A dramatic double supernova explosion has been captured for the first time by a team of scientists, including a ­Trinity College Dublin (TCD) astronomer.

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

Let’s start with the basics: A Supernova is when a star explodes. it’s bright, dramatic, and sends stuff flying across the ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 ...