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A catalog of over 2,000 exploding white dwarf vampire stars, the largest ever gathered, has provided further evidence that ...
The Crab Nebula (M1) has one of the most famous origin stories around: The light from the supernova that created the nebula ...
It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the ...
What’s unique about this new supernova, called SN 2018zd, is that astronomers were able to compare Hubble and Spitzer space telescope images of its host galaxy before and after the explosion.
The two objects make for a strange pair. Unlike Betelgeuse, which is approaching the end of its life, the blue-white ...
An unusual star system created more of a fizz and less of a bang when it exploded in a supernova. The “ultra-stripped” supernova led researchers to discover the two stars 11,000 light-years ...
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Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...
The supernova, the second-closest to Earth in a decade, is dubbed SN 2023ixf by the International Astronomical Union. It was discovered by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki four days ago.
The stunning Supernova 1987A is roughly 168,000 light-years away from Earth and located in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The supernova, named SN 2023ixf, is located 21 million light-years away. It should remain visible with the aid of a telescope for at least a few months, astronomers said.
Supernovae are one SLR source, which might mean our Solar System dodged a supernova, although there are other ways they can form. SLRs from the interstellar medium might already be floating around ...