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Scientists have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova, the explosive death of a star that is one of the most violent cosmic events. The researchers used the European ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious.

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Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing the ...

The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Carl Sagan once said we are all made of ...

The Zwicky Transient Facility, which scans the sky from the Palomar Observatory in Southern California, first detected the strange supernova in July 2023. Credit: Palomar Observatory / Caltech ...

Supernova SN 2023zkd, located 730 million light-years from Earth, was identified as anomalous by the Light curve Anomaly Identification and Similarity Search (LAISS) AI algorithm. SN 2023zkd exhibited ...

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Using NASA's Chandra spacecraft and ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers have investigated the galaxy NGC 7793, searching for supernova remnants (SNRs). As a result, they discovered four new X-ray ...