Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting ...

In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...

A s the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to peer into the origins of our universe, it’s delivering a steady stream ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

"Supernova explosions and the elements they hurl into space are the lifeblood of new stars and planets," said Brian Williams ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

"We do not know with certainty that we found a superkilonova, but the event nevertheless is eye-opening." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...