An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

A jetliner was nearly knocked out of the sky and sent plummeting to a deadly crash that would have killed all onboard by a ...

This newly discovered explosion from the dawn of time is helping scientists map the chemical evolution of the first galaxies.

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...

Astronomers say a fleeting burst of energy from deep space may be the earliest supernova ever observed. The discovery is ...

The mysterious 10-second flash of energy, first detected in March, has been identified thanks to NASA's ever-impressive James ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

“Supernova explosions and the elements they hurl into space are the lifeblood of new stars and planets,” said Brian Williams ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), detecting a supernova—the explosive death of a massive star—at an ...