An investigation of a cosmic explosion that marked the violent death of a massive star has called into question our ...
Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.
A recent study of supernova SN 2024bch challenges traditional understanding of stellar deaths and supernovas, suggesting a different energy mechanism called Bowen fluorescence.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye (University of Arizona), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), S. Cohen (Arizona State University), J. D’Silva (University of ...
SN2021yfj is a new kind of supernova, challenging our understanding of stellar evolution. Its progenitor lost its outer shells well before the supernova happened and only consisted of its ...