Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, has passed all tests with predictions that are spot-on. One prediction that ...

Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?" Harvard Business School Case 821-087, February 2021. (Revised March 2022.) ...

This is a supernova explosion. Astronomers aim to understand what types of stars produce different kinds of explosions. Do more massive stars result in brighter explosions? What happens if a star ...

Lead author Dr Charlotte Angus, from the Astrophysical Research Centre (ARC) at the Queen’s University in Belfast, said the ...

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...

This tells us that Type Ia supernova are not caused by the core collapse of a star, but rather some kind of thermal runaway effect. The most popular model for Type Ia supernovae is that they are ...

When the light from a distant object—like a supernova—passes very near to a foreground galaxy or cluster, something called gravitational lensing causes it to appear multiple times. An effect ...

NASA welcomed the new year by releasing a series of 19 gorgeous images of spiral galaxies. Combining data from the JWST’s ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the night sky. The exploding ...

This video unravels the science behind supernovae, their potential to destroy our ozone layer, and the catastrophic effects of gamma radiation. Could humanity withstand such a cosmic challenge?

Day 7 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a supernova seen thrice. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam viewed the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0, also known as G165.