The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

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

NASA has released an unprecedented time-lapse video showing the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, a cosmic relic of a ...

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

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In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...

Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

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

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.