Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star's surface. For ...

Astronomers pictured novae—the violent explosions that occur on the surface of white dwarf stars—as simple, spherical fireballs. You could think of them as the universe’s flashbulbs: one big pop, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s impression shows a star going supernova. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada. (This artist’s impression shows a star going ...

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...

The signals provide astronomers with a look into the life, and death, of a massive star exploding into a supernova.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory releases its longest-spanning video of X-ray data yet. Credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / Pan-STARRS Astronomers have turned a famous star explosion into a 25‑year time‑lapse, ...

(CNN) — For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

This artist’s impression shows a star going supernova. About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers ...

Astronomers have turned a famous star explosion into a 25‑year time‑lapse, using a NASA telescope to watch the superheated gas race through space and slam into its surroundings. The new study using ...