Aside from categorizing galaxies, another component of the Galaxy Zoo project has been asking participants to identify potential supernovae (SNe).…
A new supernova? Darn right. Lighting up Leo? Well... not without some serious visual aid, but the fact that someone…
[/caption]Up there in the sky! It's a supernova! It's a Luminous Blue Variable eruption! It's.... well, we're not sure.... In…
[/caption]Just over three years ago, I wrote a blog post commemorating the 50th anniversary of one of the most notable…
[/caption] Much of astronomical knowledge is built on the cosmic distance ladder. This ladder is built to determine distances to…
The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new look at Supernova 1987A and its famous "String of Pearls,"…
[/caption] The production of elements in supernova explosions is something we take for granted these days. But exactly where and…
[/caption] Astronomers have Type Ia supernovae pretty well figured out. The way these exploding stars brighten and then dim are…
[/caption] Not all supernovae are created equal, astronomers are finding. A faint supernovae found by international teams of scientists is…