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The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in ...

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

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the ...

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.

Astronomers used gravitational lensing to detect a supernova 10 billion light-years away, providing spatially separated images that help study cosmic expansion and early Universe events.

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.

Gravitational lensing occurs whenever a massive foreground object, distorting and curving the fabric of space where it’s positioned, causes the light from background objects to be bent, magnified, and ...

PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...

"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a ...