Supernova Explosion

The conventional wisdom among astronomers is that black holes - those exceptionally dense objects with gravity so powerful that not even light can escape - form in the violent explosion, called a supernova, of a massive dying star.

A supernova recorded in 1181, known as SN 1181, has been linked to the Pa 30 nebula, revealing a rare “zombie star.” Advanced 3D imaging from the Keck Observatory has shown unusual filaments expanding from this star, marking it as a unique case in supernova studies. This zombie star survived a thermonuclear explosion on a white dwarf, challengi...

Researchers now assert that the burst of light observed in 2022 originated from an exploding star at its core.

Researchers studied galaxies that have undergone or are going through starbusting to understand how these giant blobs are formed.

The star has become prominent for its "fluctuating brightness". Several scientists have also raised concerns that it could explode soon.

In a mind-boggling discovery, scientists have found that a supernova explosion billions of light years away was so powerful that it "temporarily destroyed" some of the Earth's ozone layer in 2022.

Crab nebula, remnant of a supernova explosion, is situated in Taurus constellation, 6,500 light years away from Earth.

NASA's new X-ray telescope observed the haunting 'bones' of a ghostly cosmic hand 16,000 light-years from Earth for a record 17 days.

This event coincided with the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, observed from Friday, September 29, 2023, to Friday, October 6, 2023.

"Hubble is the only way that we can actually watch what's happening at the edge of the bubble with such clarity," said an astronomer.

The Hubble Space Telescope observed UGC 11860 back in 2014, utilising its powerful Wide Field Camera 3.

The supernova, dubbed "SN 2023ixf," was discovered on 19 May by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki.

Last year, astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion on record - a gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A.

The aftermath of stars that died in a bright, powerful explosion is seen in images released on Tuesday by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova documented by astronomers in blow-by-blow detail.

The conventional wisdom among astronomers is that black holes - those exceptionally dense objects with gravity so powerful that not even light can escape - form in the violent explosion, called a supernova, of a massive dying star.

A supernova recorded in 1181, known as SN 1181, has been linked to the Pa 30 nebula, revealing a rare “zombie star.” Advanced 3D imaging from the Keck Observatory has shown unusual filaments expanding from this star, marking it as a unique case in supernova studies. This zombie star survived a thermonuclear explosion on a white dwarf, challengi...

Researchers now assert that the burst of light observed in 2022 originated from an exploding star at its core.

Researchers studied galaxies that have undergone or are going through starbusting to understand how these giant blobs are formed.

The star has become prominent for its "fluctuating brightness". Several scientists have also raised concerns that it could explode soon.

In a mind-boggling discovery, scientists have found that a supernova explosion billions of light years away was so powerful that it "temporarily destroyed" some of the Earth's ozone layer in 2022.

Crab nebula, remnant of a supernova explosion, is situated in Taurus constellation, 6,500 light years away from Earth.

NASA's new X-ray telescope observed the haunting 'bones' of a ghostly cosmic hand 16,000 light-years from Earth for a record 17 days.

This event coincided with the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, observed from Friday, September 29, 2023, to Friday, October 6, 2023.

"Hubble is the only way that we can actually watch what's happening at the edge of the bubble with such clarity," said an astronomer.

The Hubble Space Telescope observed UGC 11860 back in 2014, utilising its powerful Wide Field Camera 3.

The supernova, dubbed "SN 2023ixf," was discovered on 19 May by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki.

Last year, astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion on record - a gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A.

The aftermath of stars that died in a bright, powerful explosion is seen in images released on Tuesday by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova documented by astronomers in blow-by-blow detail.