In November 1572, a brilliant new star appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia, shining so brightly that it was visible ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified an original star that caused a supernova for the first time. - NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Charles Kilpatrick / Aswin Suresh Astronomers say they've ...

During the last few days, astronomers have been pointing their telescopes toward a familiar celestial object in our spring night sky for a look at a rare event: A new supernova — a star that has ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime.

An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively ...