A supernova is one of the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the universe. It’s an event that occurs when a star ...

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Claire North, whose space opera Slow Gods is the July read for the New Scientist Book Club, discusses how a population might ...

I was exploding with excitement to ask my friend Guy Worthey about supernovas. He’s an astronomer at Washington State University. He told me a supernova is a very energetic explosion in space. There ...

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive capabilities are of a supernova. As in, what does a supernova produce? And how ...

Astronomers have discovered a superluminous supernova drawing energy from a surrounding glowing structure, challenging current understanding of extreme events.

Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one of the biggest known explosions in the universe. Like a campfire needs wood to keep burning, a star relies on nuclear ...

Astronomers call this "eruptive mass loss," and it's a stellar drama we're still trying to fully grasp. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...