Type 1a supernovae
Huge Release of Type 1a Supernovae Data
Type 1a supernovae are extremely powerful events that occur in binary systems containing at least one white dwarf star -…
The Hubble Space Telescope is a Powerful Science Instrument Despite its Age
This Hubble image shows a supernova named SN 2022aajn in a distant galaxy about 600 million light-years away with the…
The JWST Looked Over the Hubble’s Shoulder and Confirmed that the Universe is Expanding Faster
It's axiomatic that the Universe is expanding. However, the rate of expansion hasn't remained the same. It appears that the…
Zwicky Classifies More Than 10,000 Exploding Stars
Even if you knew nothing about astronomy, you'd understand that exploding stars are forceful and consequential events. How could they…
Do We Really Know What Becomes a Type Ia Supernova?
Type Ia supernovae are crucial to our understanding of cosmology. But we still don't fully understand what causes them.
The Venerable Hubble Space Telescope Keeps Delivering
The world was much different in 1990 when NASA astronauts removed the Hubble Space Telescope from Space Shuttle Discovery's cargo…
Webb Sees a Supernova Go Off in a Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy – for the Second Time
Nature, in its infinite inventiveness, provides natural astronomical lenses that allow us to see objects beyond the normal reach of…
Did this Supernova Explode Twice?
All supernovae are exploding stars. But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit. One type, named Type…
Supernovae Were Discovered in all These Galaxies
The Hubble space telescope has provided some of the most spectacular astronomical pictures ever taken. Some of them have even…
Detecting the Neutrinos From a Supernova That’s About to Explode
Neutrinos are puzzling things. They're tiny particles, almost massless, with no electrical charge. They're notoriously difficult to detect, too, and…