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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Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...

The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth ...

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as ...

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.