They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions are known ... algorithm designed to scan for unusual explosions in the cosmos in real time first detected the ...

Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing the ...

“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...

Astronomers don’t often get to witness a gigantic star getting undressed. But that is exactly what they witnessed with SN2021yfj, a 2.2-billion-light-year-away stellar explosion whose naked look has ...

A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to the bone," offers a rare glimpse of the interior of a massive star prior to its death.

A completely new supernova variant finally shows a glimpse of a star’s innermost “guts” moments before its destruction. Detailed in a study published August 20 in the journal Nature, their ...

Onionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged.

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their understanding of how stars evolve and die.