Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the dusty shrouds that envelope dying stars.The ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

News; Family; Ask Dr. Universe: What is a supernova? May 15, 2025 Updated Sun., May 18, 2025 at 3:59 p.m. In this handout provided by NASA, an artist interpretation illustrates the explosion of SN ...

When a supernova was seen glittering in the night sky for six months in 1181, it was so bright that Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded it as a “guest star” in the Cassiopeia constellation.