This is particularly true for one particular kind of supernova known as Type Ia. An overview of the different proposed Type Ia supernova progenitors has been published on the arXiv preprint server.

The cosmos began expanding with the Big Bang but then around 10 billion years later it strangely began to accelerate thanks ...

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 ...

Type Ia supernovae originate in binary star systems—systems where two stars orbit each other. In one possible scenario, there are two stars approximately the same size—let's say about the size ...

A new class of X-ray explosions, 'millinovas,' has been identified, with bright emissions 100 times the Sun's output ...

A team of physicists and astronomers from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, is challenging the ...