The supernova explosion, designated as SN 2018gv, is found in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525. According to NASA, Hubble began observing the supernova after an amateur astronomer named Koichi Itagaki first ...

A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is ...

Astronomers have solved the mystery of a star that has baffled scientists for over a century, finding it is a cannibal white ...

When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime ...

Today, let's talk about a monumental event happening in the universe: the strongest supernova explosion in history. This event is truly shocking and beyond imagination! This supernova shines 57 ...

Today, let’s talk about something spectacular in the universe — the breakthrough of supernova shock waves through ...

Scientists trying to work out whether a star exploded and the resulting debris crashed into Earth 10 million years ago may be one step closer to solving the mystery. They discovered an unusual amount ...

Is SN 2021yfj a new type of supernova defined by a powerful new process that stripped it of its outer layers? Some of the explanations the team is considering are interactions with a companion star, ...

Astronomers have seen a lot of stars explode, but one unusual stellar death is forcing them to rethink what they thought they knew. In 2021, a star about 2.2 billion light-years away ended its life in ...

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