A supernova is one of the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the universe. It’s an event that occurs when a star ...

A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus.

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties of supernova that are a little bit harder to predict, and a little bit ...

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...