Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

Learn about what may be the first ever superkilonova ever observed, emitting gravitational waves that hint at the collision of two dead stars.

A superkilonova candidate event, named AT2025ulz, was observed in 2025; LIGO and Virgo first spotted gravitational waves, ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

Astronomers have been able to establish a direct link between supernovae and the formation of black holes and neutron stars, in one of the most intriguing cosmic events ever documented. This discovery ...