The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years ...
Scientists, using the Very Large Telescope, have captured the earliest stages of a supernova explosion, revealing a star 15 times the mass of our sun exploding in an olive-like shape. The study ...
The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...
A group of stellar Sherlocks have solved the mystery of red transient objects that appear and fade in the sky, linking them to the total explosive death of stars.