For the first time, astronomers have captured the breathtaking moment of a supernova explosion. This cosmic event reveals the ...

Astronomers have discovered a superluminous supernova drawing energy from a surrounding glowing structure, challenging current understanding of extreme events.

M83 is located about 15 million light-years away from Earth and is forming stars at a high rate. Using 14 years of Chandra ...

NASA scientists have identified what may be the first known pair of supernova remnants produced by stars that once orbited ...

A star appears to have exploded near the centre of our galaxy at least 1,700 years ago. The light from that event is long ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected ...

A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar ...

Scientists using the Chandra X-ray telescope have uncovered new details about the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

The research team found that about half of the 22 X-ray sources linked to supernova remnants changed significantly in ...

Once charted as a 'guest star' in ancient China, dreaded as a harbinger of ill omens in medieval Europe, and preserved in the ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...