Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have gotten the most complete look at a supernova ever, watching and tracking a star’s explosion in real time, as noted in a new study.

A new study reveals that supernova explosions may have caused two mass extinctions on Earth 372 million and 445 million years ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

The supernova, called SN 2023ixf, occurred as a red supergiant star in the galaxy Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel galaxy, expired. The team observed the supernova using the Hubble Space ...

A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ supernova may be responsible for this evolutionary event. Although the study doesn’t confirm this ...

Located in a satellite galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, Supernova 1987A gave modern scientists their first real chance to study a supernova in great detail and led to theories that the ...

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...

A star from dozens of lightyears away was to blame for what would soon happen. Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart their DNA ...

An international team of astronomers has investigated a newly detected Type II supernova designated SN 2024jlf. The new study, detailed in a paper published Jan. 30 on the arXiv pre-print server ...

"When a star dies, it can explode in a supernova, causing a strong shock wave and forming an interstellar object called a supernova remnant," wrote an international team of scientists in a paper ...

Illustration of a supernova X-ray blast wave. (Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss) Lead author Caitlyn Nojiri is now applying for graduate school and hopes to get a Ph.D. in astrophysics. Isolated by mountains ...