Double Cosmic Explosion Gives Birth to Unprecedented ‘Superkilonova’
When massive stars die, they go out in fiery explosions called supernovas. On rarer occasions, two nearly dead…
This Star Is Being Eaten Alive—and Its Explosive Death Will Be Visible in Broad Daylight
A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted…
Mind-Bending ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Ultrabright Supernova From an Unthinkable Distance
The supernova SN 2025wny is hopelessly far, lying approximately 10 billion light-years from Earth. Normally, this would make…
This Is What a Star Looks Like Just 26 Hours After It Explodes
Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star. Just 26 hours after the supernova SN…