Using the Hubble Space Telescope and an array of other instruments, astronomers have probed supernova wreckage in the Large ...

This limit marks the mass at which a star can undergo a thermonuclear explosion, creating a Type Ia supernova.

This time, the focus is on the remains of a star that exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the ...

The most common kind, called a stellar black hole, is thought to be the result of an enormous star dying in a supernova explosion. The star's material then collapses onto itself, condensing into a ...

Under certain conditions, this collapse can happen without the usual supernova explosion, leaving behind a neutron star. This may be the story behind SGR 0501+4516. "This could explain its high ...

“This runaway magnetar is the likeliest candidate in our Milky Way galaxy for a magnetar that was not born in a supernova explosion as initially predicted. It is so strange it might even offer ...

Hubble’s 35-year journey showcases humanity’s boldest space achievements, capturing everything from new stars forming to ...

And in a remarkable triumph, it managed to capture a first-of-its-kind snapshot of a supernova explosion that had been successfully predicted by astronomers. The dense globular cluster ESO 520-21 ...

Goudfrooij (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) The Crab Nebula is an expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion.