About two decades ago, in 1998, a supernova observation began to slowly reveal the contours of the enigmatic universe. The ...

Astronomers have utilized a cosmic magnifying glass to observe SN 2025wny, an ultrabright supernova located approximately 10 billion light-years away from Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the oldest supernova ever observed, linked to GRB 250314A just 730 million years ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has pushed the cosmic frontier back to a time when the universe was still in its infancy, ...

A star system in our own galactic neighborhood is poised to put on a show so bright it could briefly rival the planets and ...

The surprisingly high amounts of chlorine and potassium in a supernova remnant could help solve the mystery of where these ...

Hanabi: The Japanese word for “fireworks,” literally meaning “fire flowers.” Phaser: A fictional energy weapon used in some ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a rare supernova from 730 million years after the Big Bang, linked to a gamma-ray burst detected in March 2025.

New images reveal that stellar eruptions unfold in chaotic stages, with twisting outflows and late ejections that power ...

A distant gamma-ray burst has led astronomers to a rare supernova from the Universe’s early years, revealed by JWST. But why ...

Two new stars, or nova eruptions, have been resolved in unprecedented detail by six optical telescopes operating in unison as ...

Using the XRISM space telescope, scientists spotted faint emissions of the elements in remnants of the Cassiopeia A supernova ...