A completely new supernova variant finally shows a glimpse of a star’s innermost “guts” moments before its destruction.

This material, says a team led by astrophysicist Steve Schulze of Northwestern University in the US, constitutes the first ...

The observations of a star stripped down to its oxygen- and silicon-rich layers are indicative of an extremely rare stripping ...

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An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of exploding star, or supernova, that is rich with silicon, sulfur and argon.

Scientists have gotten a rare peek into a dying star, exposing its interior as it exploded. The most massive stars go out ...

Astronomers have peered directly at a star's inner layers for the first time, thanks to a stellar explosion 2.2 billion light ...

For the first time, researchers spotted the inner layers of a dying star during a massive blast called a supernova.

An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of exploding star, or ...

An ‘extremely stripped supernova’ confirms the existence of a key feature of physicists’ models of how stars produce the elements that make up the Universe.

Israeli and American scientists have uncovered a never-before-seen type of supernova, shedding light on how stars produce and expel heavy elements like silicon and sulfur during their violent deaths.