A record-shattering stellar blast has been caught on camera in unprecedented detail, and the footage is forcing astronomers to rethink how stars die. The event, linked to an extreme gamma-ray outburst ...

Observing the Universe often means contemplating phenomena that occurred millions of years ago. But sometimes, the opportunity arises to capture a cosmic event almost in real-time, as if we were ...

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star ...

This artist's impression shows, about 22 million light-years away, the supernova SN 2024ggi exploding in the galaxy NGC 3621. (ESO/L. Calçada via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists have revealed for the ...

This artist’s impression shows a star going supernova. About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given them an unprecedented look into the final years of a massive star before ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years ...