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superkilonova

Strange afterglow hints at a superkilonova with two explosions

Double explosion may have produced gravitational waves and light.

most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star

A dying star, lost in dust, has been revealed by the Webb Telescope

New finding could help solve the mystery of the missing massive red supergiants.

Artist’s illustration of the aftermath of the first-of-its-kind supernova SN 2021yfj. Well before the explosion, the progenitor star had lost its outer layers, consisting only of its oxygen and silicon core – a star for which no analogue exists in the Milky Way. Yet, this stripped-to-the-bone star underwent further intense mass-loss episodes, ejecting shells of material rich in silicon (grey), sulphur (yellow), and argon (purple). The violent collision of these massive shells produced a brilliant supernova, visible even from 2 billion light-years away. This supernova is so unusual that it defines a new class, Type Ien

A Rare Cosmic Explosion Reveals a Naked Star

The naked truth about a new type of stellar explosion.

explosive interaction between the black hole and the massive nearby star

A rare type of supernova detected within hours of its explosion

Machine learning enables real-time detection of fleeting anomalies before they fade away.

Location of SN 2025kg

Astronomers witness a star’s failed death

Cosmic whimper, not a bang.

This is an artist’s impression of a magnetar, which is a special type of neutron star with an incredibly strong magnetic field. Neutron stars are some of the most compact and extreme objects in the universe. These stars typically pack more than the mass of the Sun into a sphere of neutrons about 12 miles across. The neutron star is depicted as a white-blueish sphere. The magnetic field is shown as filaments streaming out from its polar regions

Newly discovered magnetar is traversing our galaxy from an unknown place

It is so strange it might even offer clues to the mechanism behind events known as fast radio bursts.

supernova X-ray blast wave

Research links explosion of a star and of viruses on Earth

Cosmic radiation from supernova altered virus evolution in Africa.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a supernova in the constellation Gemini. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz)

Hubble imaged a supernova-hosting galaxy in the constellation Gemini

The supernova is visible as a blue dot at the center.

NeutronStar

A nearby supernova explosion could end the search for dark matter

Axion dark matter should be produced and converted to gamma rays during a supernova.

components of the Milky Way

Scientists unveiled the veil of fiery gas around the disc of the Milky Way

The atoms in this hot gas would absorb and produce shadow signals.

This image from the ALMA telescope shows star system HD101584

First, white dwarf-main sequence binaries in clusters reveal new insights into stellar evolution

This breakthrough offers new insights into an extreme phase of stellar evolution.

Artist’s impression of the dying star WOH G64

Beyond our galaxy: Astronomers capture first-ever close-up of an extragalactic star

It is the largest known star with a well-defined radius.

V404 Cygni

1st-ever’ black hole triple’ system found

System observed 8,000 light-years away may be the first direct evidence of “gentle” black hole formation.

Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse Betelgeuse! Binary Star

Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a ‘betelbuddy’ stellar companion.

Galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0

Webb scientists discovered lensed supernova

Confirmed Hubble Tension.

LEDA 857074

Hubble captured a supernova shining brightly on the galaxy’s bar

Thanks to this supernova, LEDA 857074 joins the ranks of other celestial objects with its own Hubble image.

Crab Nebula (MIRI and NIRCam image)

New data revise our view of this unusual supernova explosion

The Crab Nebula is a nearby example of the debris left behind when a star undergoes a violent death in a supernova explosion. However,...

JADES Transient Survey (NIRCam Image)

James Webb Space Telescope Shed Light on Early Universe Supernovae

NASA’s Webb Opens New Window on Supernova Science

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A new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus

Astronomers proposed a new model based on oxygen-neon novae.

Ghostly Stellar Tendrils of the Vela Supernova Remnant

Ghostly stellar tendrils: Largest DECam image ever

Dark Energy Camera captures remains of a massive star that exploded nearly 11,000 years ago.

impression of the system assuming that the massive companion star

Is it a black hole or a neutron star? Mystery object found in our galaxy

Heavier than the neutron stars known and lighter than the lightest black holes.

Dark Energy Camera Deep Image with Quasar (no annotations)

Dark Energy Survey has obtained the largest supernova sample ever

Using the DOE-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Dark Energy Survey has...

Cassiopeia A

Chandra and Webb combine to solve the mystery of the “Green Monster”

The Green Monster was first spotted in Webb data in April 2023.

supernova remnant N132D

NASA/JAXA XRISM released its first look at X-ray cosmos

A new glimpse of the hidden X-ray sky.

30 Doradus B

NASA’s Chandra offers evidence for at least two explosions tied to the supernova remnant

A new image of 30 Doradus B contains X-rays, optical, and infrared data.

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