supernova

Unraveling the Secrets of Type Ia Supernovae: a New Two-Minute Thesis

The folks over at PHD Comics have put together a new video in their Two-Minute Thesis series, this one featuring…

11 years ago

Rare Supernova Pair are Most Distant Ever

High-resolution simulation of a galaxy hosting a super-luminous supernova and its chaotic environment in the early Universe. Credit: Adrian Malec…

11 years ago

Integral: Ten Years Tracking Extreme Radiation Across the Universe

Caption: Artist's impression of ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory Integral. Image credit: ESA Integral, ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory launched ten…

12 years ago

The Unusually Colossal Kepler Supernova

A composite image of Chandra X-ray data shows a rainbow of reds, yellows, green, blue and purple, from lower to…

12 years ago

A New Species of Type Ia Supernova?

Artist’s conception of a binary star system that produces recurrent novae, and ultimately, the supernova PTF 11kx. (Credit: Romano Corradi…

12 years ago

The Last Outbursts of a Dying Star

As stars approach the inevitable ends of their lives they run out of stellar fuel and begin to lose a…

12 years ago

Pulsar Sets New Speed Record

A pulsar may have been spotted racing through space at over 6 million miles per hour (9.65 million km/h), setting…

12 years ago

Light Echoes: The Re-Run Of The Eta Carinae “Great Eruption”

[/caption] In this modern age, we're used to catching a favorite program at a later time. We use our DVR…

12 years ago

X-rays Unwrap a Poky Little Pulsar

[/caption] For the first time astronomers have located a pulsar – the super-dense, spinning remains of a star – nestled…

12 years ago

How to See the Brightest Supernova in a Generation

[/caption] Here at Universe Today, we've been providing plenty of coverage on the recent supernova in spiral galaxy M101 (AKA…

13 years ago