Astronomers may have discovered one of the clearest examples yet of a rare "pair-instability" supernova. It is a catastrophic ...

Is a star about to explode in the night sky? If predictions come true, T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) could become visible for a ...

Astronomers initially thought the explosion was a Type II supernova, but some things just didn't add up.

NASA’s Fermi telescope may have finally uncovered the magnetic powerhouse behind the universe’s brightest supernovae.

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray spacecraft has observed a super-bright, supercharged supernova explosion powered up by the creation of ...

This collapse leads to a supernova explosion, leaving behind either a black hole or a neutron star.

A rare supernova appeared five times in the sky, giving scientists a new way to measure how fast the universe is expanding ...

NASA’s Fermi telescope has detected what may be the first confirmed gamma-ray signal from a superluminous supernova — one of the most extreme explosions in the universe. Scientists believe the blast ...

LSU researchers helped uncover what may be the first clear detection of gamma rays from a superluminous supernova, using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope—a breakthrough that offers new ...

Researchers leverage a multiangle simulations approach to elucidate the roles of neutrino fast flavor conversion affects core-collapse supernova explosions. (Nanowerk News) Core-collapse supernovae ...