Meanwhile the Crab Nebula has been identified as the result of the 1054 supernova that stunned the ancient world. Some elements are only made in the stellar furnace of a supernova. Obdurate iron ...

Lots of things out in the universe can cause a supernova, from the gravitational collapse of a massive star, to the collision ...

A groundbreaking astronomical discovery has provided scientists with an unprecedented glimpse into the early universe.

Researchers have documented a rare supernova, 2023ufx, the most metal-poor stellar explosion observed, located in a dwarf ...

These explosions, called supernovae, are important to the evolution of galaxies because they distribute all the common elements such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, and iron into ...

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar ...

Supernovae explosions are responsible for creating some of the heavy elements, including iron, which is blasted out into ...

To estimate how close a supernova would have to be to cause serious damage to Earth, we must first look at a supernova's destructive capabilities. When the bright star Betelgeuse explodes ...