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Researchers harnessing the power of the ASKAP radio telescope and a new Setonix supercomputer were able to capture an image of a supernova remnant.

Supercomputer Spits Out Amazing Image of Exploded Star

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are perplexed by a mysterious star, believed to be destroyed in a supernova — only to be found still alive, burning brighter than ever before.

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Scientists Puzzled by Star That Exploded in Supernova But Somehow Survived

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists might have discovered a rare and (frankly) unsettling cosmic event: a black hole eating a star from the inside out and causing a supernova.

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Parasite Black Hole Eats Gigantic Star from Inside Out

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists found that a mysterious dip in the brightness of Betelgeuse was not the sign of an imminent supernova, but evidence of the creation of stardust.

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Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Dimmed Mysteriously, and Now We Know Why

By Victor Tangermann

Plutonium landed in the Pacific Ocean millions of years ago after traveling to Earth from some distant star. Now scientists want to know where it's from.

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Interstellar Plutonium Found in Pacific Ocean, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.

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New Paper: Space Is Full of Naturally Occurring Atomic Bombs

By Tony Ho Tran

Distant supernova explosions seem to line up with spikes in radioactivity recorded in old tree rings, showing how cosmic events can alter our planet.

New Research: Supernovas Leave Traces in Tree Rings Here on Earth

By Dan Robitzski

For years, astronomers have been speculating that Betelgeuse was about to explode in a supernova. But such an event could still be a long way off.

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Astronomers: This Star Isn’t As Giant As We Thought, Just Closer

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists figured out what happened to Cassiopeia A, a star that had its outer layers blown away before it ultimately exploded in a supernova.

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Something Peeled an Entire Layer Off This Star Like a Giant Orange

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a brief, but extremely intense event: a star self-detonating star some 70 million light-years away.

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Hubble Just Watched a Star Explode In a Massive Supernova

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found new evidence that Earth is moving through the remains of exploded stars for at least the last 33,000 years.

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Scientists: Earth Moving Through Radioactive Debris of Exploded Stars

By Victor Tangermann

An upcoming experiment called DUNE hopes to scoop up neutrinos, elusive particles blasted out by supernova explosions, as they sail through Earth.

This Underground Experiment Will Hunt for Supernova Shrapnel

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, a supernova some 65 light-years from Earth caused a mass extinction event during the Late Devonian period, 359 million years ago.

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Scientists: Exploding Star Likely Caused Mass Extinction on Earth

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have found new evidence suggesting there's a neutron star lurking in the center of the supernova 1987A that's only 33 years old.

Astronomers May Have Found a Star That’s Just 33 Years Old

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers discovered a new type of supernova, a "calcium-rich supernova," that produces a ton of calcium through a chemical reaction.

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Your Bones Are Made Out of Exploded Stars, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

A white dwarf star from a binary star system was just sent hurtling through the Milky Way at 559,000 mph after experiencing a "partial supernova."

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This Star Appears to Have Survived a Supernova

By Victor Tangermann

When astronomers went to update their models for a giant, bright star, they instead found an empty space where it used to be.

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A Giant Star Appears to Have Winked Out of Existence

By Dan Robitzski

To better understand how black holes form and what gravitational waves they give off, physicists are repeatedly simulating extremely violent supernovae.

Scientists Are Killing Off Virtual Stars to Study Black Holes

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers have spotted the brightest supernova in a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. About 500 times brighter than a normal supernova.

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Astronomers Spot Brightest Supernova Ever Observed

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have a new guess for what triggers white dwarf stars to blow up in supernovae: tiny black holes made of dark matter growing in their cores.

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New Theory: Dark Matter Black Holes Are Detonating Stars

By Dan Robitzski

Over 30 years after it blew up, astronomers finally spotted the cosmic wreckage — a neutron star hidden in a dense cloud of dust — of a famous supernova.

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Astronomers Just Found the Wreckage Cloud From a 1987 Supernova

By Dan Robitzski

A famous supernova has a cloudy, cotton candy-like appearance. Finally, scientists think they may have an idea of where its bizarre clumps came from.

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Here’s Why the Remains of This Supernova Look Like Cotton Candy

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers from West Virginia University claim they've discovered the most massive neutron star to date.

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Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe they spotted the supernova of the largest star to ever detonate, giving them a glimpse into the universe's past.

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This Is the Most Brutal Supernova in Recorded History

By Dan Robitzski

Radioactive dust from an ancient supernova was just found buried in Antarctica, helping scientists better understand what's outside our solar system.

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Radioactive Dust From an Ancient Supernova Is Buried in Antarctica

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's TESS satellite analyzed its first supernova, inadvertently revealing that astronomers made some wrong assumptions about the explosions.

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NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite Discovers Mysterious Supernova

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that a cascade of supernovae could have been instrumental in human evolution by creating an environment where bipedal animals thrive.

Bizarre Theory: Supernovas Kickstarted Human Evolution

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have discovered a star in the Andromeda Galaxy that explodes every year — the first of its kind in the known universe.

Scientists Discovered a Star That Explodes Every Year

By Jon Christian

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.

Protective “Cocoons” Could Block Deadly Stellar Gamma-Ray Bursts

By Dan Robitzski

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These Are Real Images of a Star Going Supernova

By Chelsea Gohd

Water Bears Could One Day Outlive Everything Except the Sun Itself

Water Bears Could One Day Outlive Everything Except the Sun Itself

By Chelsea Gohd

The Heart of a Supernova Revealed Unexpected Clues About How Stars Form

The Heart of a Supernova Revealed Unexpected Clues About How Stars Form

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Scientists May Have Found a Simple Solution to a 40-Year-Old Space Mystery

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Black Hole Birth May Have Been Glimpsed for the Very First Time

Astronomers Confirm Model Of How Stars Go Nova

Astronomers Confirm Model Of How Stars Go Nova

By Jelor Gallego

Extinction Event: Evidence of Supernova Blast Found in Fossils

Extinction Event: Evidence of Supernova Blast Found in Fossils

By Jelor Gallego

Researchers Saw the Same Star Go Supernova…Twice!

Researchers Saw the Same Star Go Supernova…Twice!

By Cecille De Jesus

Nearby Supernova Packed the Same Punch as 100 Million Suns

Nearby Supernova Packed the Same Punch as 100 Million Suns

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Find Evidence of a Recent Nearby Supernova, And Its Remnants Are Hitting Earth

Scientists Find Evidence of a Recent Nearby Supernova, And Its Remnants Are Hitting Earth

By Todd Jaquith

Scientists Found Iron on the Moon That Came From a Supernova

Scientists Found Iron on the Moon That Came From a Supernova

By Miguel Santos

NASA Sees a Supernova Flash for the First Time Ever

NASA Sees a Supernova Flash for the First Time Ever

By Todd Jaquith

New Research Shows How Stars Turn to Gold

New Research Shows How Stars Turn to Gold

By Todd Jaquith

Searching For a Visible Light Counterpart to Gravitational Waves

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Searching For a Visible Light Counterpart to Gravitational Waves

By Todd Jaquith

A New Era in Physics and Cosmology: Why Gravitational Waves Matter

A New Era in Physics and Cosmology: Why Gravitational Waves Matter

By Todd Jaquith

Astronomers Report Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen, Shines Brighter Than Our Entire Galaxy

Astronomers Report Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen, Shines Brighter Than Our Entire Galaxy

By Darwin Batinga

Scientists Find Ancient Gas Cloud That May Be Relic from the First Stars in Our Universe

Scientists Find Ancient Gas Cloud That May Be Relic from the First Stars in Our Universe

By Sarah Marquart

Hubble Captures Image of First-Ever Predicted Exploding Star

Hubble Captures Image of First-Ever Predicted Exploding Star

By Jolene Creighton

What Would Happen if the Sun Went Supernova?

What Would Happen if the Sun Went Supernova?

By Jolene Creighton