During a trial with his new camera equipment, amateur astronomer Víctor Buso inadvertently recorded a rare supernova shock breakout. This serendipitous observation allowed researchers to gather ...
Betelgeuse has always been something of a mystery. And by “mystery,” I mean a source of endless fun, fascination and ...
These images show the evolution of supernova SN 2026gzf, which was first detected by the Einstein Probe on 21 March 2026.
One of the brightest stars in the night sky is a dying giant so bloated that, if it swapped places with the Sun, its surface ...
A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the ...
A rare X-ray flash captured the first light from SN 2026gzf, an energetic supernova that produced no detected gamma-ray burst. The dying star had shed its hydrogen and helium, building shells of ...
Lots of things out in the universe can cause a supernova, from the gravitational collapse of a massive star, to the collision of white dwarfs. But most of the supernovae we observe are in other ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts ...
Scientists have discovered a new supernova—a star exploding after collapsing under its own gravity—thanks to a curve in spacetime. In comes in the wake of the discovery of SN 2023ixf, a supernova just ...
In March 2026, the Einstein Probe detected a brief flash of soft X-rays emitted from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. The flash, dubbed EP260321a, immediately triggered a worldwide ...
A supernova exploding in a nearby galaxy is providing an unexpected spectacle for amateur astronomers. The supernova, which appeared in the Pinwheel Galaxy 21 million light-years away, is one of the ...
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