[/caption] It's called a Type Ia supernovae and it shines with the luminosity of a billion suns. For all intents…
[/caption] Way back in 1987 we received a present from our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was an…
[/caption] A team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered a new, ultra-bright class of…
A new supernova (exploding star) has been discovered in the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, M51. M51, The Whirlpool galaxy is a…
[/caption] We are all just star stuff... But when it comes to the elements produced by a star, it just…
[/caption] What makes a star go boom? A new look at Tycho’s supernova remnant by the Chandra X-ray telescope has…
[/caption] When high mass stars end their lives, they explode in monumental supernovae. But, when the most massive of these…
A ten-year old girl from Canada has discovered a supernova, making her the youngest person ever to find a stellar…
[/caption] From a Hubble/ESA press release: A festive, delicate ring --photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope -- appears to float…
[/caption] From a JPL press release: A circular rainbow appears like a halo around an exploded star in this new…