Astronomers have determined what caused the brightest cosmic explosion ever recorded. Lasting a matter of minutes, the gamma-ray burst, named GRB 221009A , was observed by astronomers in October 2022.

A supernova has exploded in the Pinwheel Galaxy 21 million light-years away. Named SN 2023ixf, it sets itself apart by being one of the brightest seen in a decade.

Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed in October 2022 was an exploding star, known as a supernova, 2.4 ...

NEW photos of a star that went supernova 36 years ago show never-before-seen details. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observatory captured high-quality shots of the remains of the brightest s… ...

However, a recent gamma-ray burst that's been called the BOAT (brightest of all time) may be providing us with new information on the events within a few days of a supernova's explosion.

So bright was this supernova, in fact, that it was visible to the naked eye in the southern hemisphere — and astronomers have been tracking its expanding debris ever since.

A new study of a star undergoing the throes of a supernova death has revealed that bursts of X-radiation known as fast-X-ray ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

Betelgeuse, a bright red star in Orion, is exhibiting unexpected behavior that could lead to a supernova and neutrino rain on Earth.

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...