The shockwave has traveled half a light-year.

The search for the universe’s dark matter could end tomorrow — given a nearby supernova and a little luck. The nature of dark matter has eluded astronomers for 90 years, since the realization that 85% ...

Two Princeton researchers, Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, have become the first humans in recorded history to witness the explosion of a supernova in real time. Soderberg, who is a postdoctoral ...

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Astronomers have turned a famous star explosion into a 25‑year time‑lapse, using a NASA telescope to watch the superheated gas race through space and slam into its surroundings. The new study using ...