This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million ...

Their discovery would not have been possible without a special cosmic yardstick—exploding stars, or supernovae—specifically the variety known as Type Ia. Because Type Ia supernovae are visible ...

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 ...

A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

Explore the dynamic life of the spiral galaxy NGC 337 as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, featuring a mix of old and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the mesmerizing galaxy LEDA 22057, home to a recent supernova explosion, SN 2024PI. This ...

In the simulation, a Type Ia supernova explodes (dark brown color). The supernova material is ejected outwards at a velocity of about 10,000 km/s. The ejected material slams into its companion ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Science fiction authors have long had a field day with the potential ...

Imagine a star with a mass 10 times greater than the mass of our sun. Stars this large have huge furnaces that burn their fuel quickly: this one will begin to exhaust its fuel in about 35 million ...

It will actually be the fourth time “Supernova Requiem” will have been ... There are two kinds of “Blue Moon,” the scientific type and the popular definition. Blue moons usually occur ...