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

It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...

How much light does a supernova shed on the history of universe? New research by cosmologists at the University of Chicago and Wayne State University confirms the accuracy of Type Ia supernovae in ...

Distant exploding stars observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are providing astronomers with a powerful tool to determine the strength of naturally occurring “cosmic lenses” that are used to ...

Supernovae mark the dramatic end of a massive star's life that results in a colossal explosion. Supernovae mark the dramatic end of a massive star's life, resulting in a colossal explosion that can ...

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

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evidence detailing the death of massive stars, known as supernovae, throughout space.

Astronomers have again rewritten the record books for discovering the most distant supernovae. Using Hawaii’s W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), a team has identified ...

The visible universe is a big place. Like, really, really big — some 93 billion lightyears across (via Futurism). To put that in perspective, that's like running 25 billion back-to-back marathons, and ...

Space is a pretty vast place and most of it consists of just that – space. Galaxies tend to be in clusters and stars tend to bunch together into galaxies. Which is why the Universe’s loneliest ...

Shakespeare said that the fault lies not in the stars, but in ourselves. Maybe, but scientists at the University of Kansas say that the stars might have some explaining to do. According to computer ...

ILLUSTRATION OF THE MILKY WAY SEEN FROM EARTH WHERE SUPERNOVA ACCELERATES COSMIC RAYS TO HIGH ENERGIES. SOME OF THESE COSMIC RAY PARTICLES ENTERERS THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, WHERE THEY PRODUCE SHOWER ...