NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed previously undiscovered structures in the SN 1987A supernova. Researchers hope the new observations will shed light on how stars die. Photo Courtesy of ...

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

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a star that exploded and died 11 billion years ago. A massive galaxy cluster warped light from that supernova into three reflections. The three imprints show ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a multiply-imaged supernova in a distant galaxy designated MRG-M0138. Two images of the supernova (circled) are seen in the Webb NIRCam (Near-Infrared ...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye (University of Arizona), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), S. Cohen (Arizona State University), J. D’Silva (University of Western Australia, Perth), A. Koekemoer ...

NASA announced that a nearby star has exploded, and telescopes worldwide will be turning in its direction to witness the celestial display. And if you want to check it out for yourself, you’re in luck ...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...

A colorful new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a cosmic rarity: a massive star on the brink of death, revving up to explode in a supernova. NASA shared a stunning image of the ...

Tucked away in a small galaxy that whips around the Milky Way, there shines an especially bright remnant of a supernova. The quest to learn more about how the universe works often yields stunning and ...

A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved. New infrared observations from NASA’s Spitzer ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope watched a distant star die, explode, and fade away in rare detail. The star died more than 11 billion years ago, when the universe was less than a fifth of its current ...

Thanks to a cosmic magic trick, the Hubble Space Telescope witnesses three different moments in a star's explosive death process. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...