During the final stages in the life of a gargantuan star, its death throes culminate in a powerful thermonuclear blast — a supernova — that typically destroys the celestial object, unleashing ...

A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ supernova may be responsible for this evolutionary event. Although the study doesn’t confirm this ...

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...