Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

A new study reveals that supernova explosions may have caused two mass extinctions on Earth 372 million and 445 million years ago by damaging the planet’s atmosphere and triggering climate shifts.

AUSTRALIANS are joining the hunt for exploding stars that can help scientists understand the universe - and reveal the secrets of dark energy. The Australian National University has launched a project ...

One of the great mysteries of the Universe is where all the metal actually comes from. We know it's forged in cosmic fire – but which fires in particular, and in which proportions, is a little bit ...

Please describe your role at RIKEN. As a principal investigator, I manage the Astrophysical Big Bang Lab. I also pursue my scientific goals as well as support lab members in realizing their research ...

Dark matter, if it exists, is probably in the latter category. If hypothetical weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are real, their collisions with regular matter may have left fossil traces ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Exploding white dwarfs observed by the Palomar 48 inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory in ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars – supernovae – near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life. Prof. Henrik Svensmark of the ...

You’d think that supernovae – the death throes of massive stars and among the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe – would be hard to miss. Yet the number of these blasts observed in ...