On April 10, 2024, astronomers began the fast-paced mission to capture supernova SN 2024ggi. Study coauthor Yi Yang of Tsinghua University in China initially learned about its sighting shortly after ...

Scientists have observed for first time the very early stages of a supernova — death of a star — with a massive star ...

The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...

Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star.

For the first time, scientists determined the shape of a supernova's shock front as it burst through the surface of a dying ...

The supernova explosion SN 2024ggi was first detected on April 10, 2024. The scientist leading the observation knew time was ...

When this shock reaches the surface, it releases an enormous burst of energy. The star brightens dramatically, becoming visible as a supernova. For a short period, astronomers can study the initial ...

The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years ...

Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

Scientists now have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova, with a massive star exploding in a ...

Some of the earliest images ever taken in the wake of massive star’s death give astronomers important clues about what triggers a supernova.