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What Are The Odds Of Spotting A Milky Way Supernova From Earth?
An exploding star in our home galaxy might be visible to Earth in the next 50 years, astronomers say in…
Future Supernova Is Surrounded By Hydrogen Clouds
The faint green glow you see in that picture is not an early harbringer of Hallowe'en spooks. It's hydrogen gas…
Third Bright Supernova Discovered In Spiral Galaxy M74
I love this galaxy. Not only does M74 display a near perfect spiral form but if this latest supernova is…
Seeing Red: Hunting Herschel’s Garnet Star
Quick, what’s the reddest star visible to the naked eye? Depending on your sky conditions, your answer may well be…
Neutron Stars: A Cataclysmic Conception
It's one of the most intense and violent of all events in space - a supernova. Now a team of…
How do Hypervelocity Stars End up Breaking The Speed Limit?
The Sun is racing through the Galaxy at a speed that is 30 times greater than a space shuttle in…
Live Online Event: The Exploding Universe: the Realm of Supernovae
Supernovae are some of the fascinating objects in the Universe. The Virtual Telescope Project will be hosting a live webcast…
The Rosy Remains of a Star’s Final Days
Stars like our Sun can last for a very long time (in human terms, anyway!) somewhere in the neighborhood of…
Cosmic C.S.I.: Searching for the Origins of the Solar System in Two Grains of Sand
"The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches…