This Hubble image shows a supernova named SN 2022aajn in a distant galaxy about 600 million light-years away with the…
The discovery of a few thousand type 1a supernovae over the last few decades has helped measure the expansion of…
What came first, galaxies or planets? The answer has always been galaxies, but new research is changing that idea. Could…
Supernovae are one of the most useful events in all of astronomy. Scientists can directly measure their power, their spin,…
Even if you knew nothing about astronomy, you'd understand that exploding stars are forceful and consequential events. How could they…
Type Ia supernovae are crucial to our understanding of cosmology. But we still don't fully understand what causes them.
Despite 90 years of research, the nature and influence of Dark Matter continue to elude astronomers and cosmologists. First proposed…
Like a performer preparing for their big finale, a distant star is shedding its outer layers and preparing to explode…
Massive stars about eight times more massive than the Sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The…
Dust grains older than the Sun can tell us about how supernovae enriched the cosmos with heavy elements, but the…