That the universe is expanding has been known for almost a hundred years now, but how fast? The exact rate of that expansion ...

An international team of astronomers, working with researchers from University College Dublin and other institutions, has detected a supernova from an era once thought far beyond reach. Using the ...

An extraordinarily rare, gravitationally lensed supernova may offer a powerful new way to measure the universe’s expansion rate.

When most people think of a supernova, they're thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive stars that have reached the end of their time on the main sequence. They've used up ...

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million ...

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A rare gravitationally lensed supernova called SN 2025wny appears in five separate images due to the gravity of two ...

A team of astronomers employing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered the most distant exploding star to be recorded spectroscopically, giving scientists a glimpse into the early days ...

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), detecting a supernova – the explosive death of a massive star – at ...