When most people hear the word supernova, they envision a massive star reaching the end of its life and exploding outwards to leave a ghostly remnant in its place. This is called a Type II supernova — ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 ...

A celestial light show illuminates a distant spiral galaxy, where a hidden supernova briefly outshines its stellar neighbors ...

An ominous-looking nebula named NGC 246 lurks in the constellation Cetus about 1,600 light-years away from Earth. It is ...

Despite the massive number of stars in the sky, spotting one in the throes of a supernova is still an incredibly rare event. Now, astronomers have captured a red supergiant before, during and after a ...

Optical light curves and spectra of the Type la supernova 1986G in NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) are presented. SN 1986G was discovered approximately one week before maximum light. The initial rate of ...

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the quick, fading celebrity status of a supernova, the self-detonation of a star. The supernova, called SN 2018gv, appears in the lower left ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Photoelectric UBV photometry of the recent bright supernova 1980k in NGC 6946 is presented. The U, B, and V light curves show a linear decay ...

The eyes of the astronomy community are firmly on one event this week: The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the brand-new space observatory from NASA, the European Space Agency, and the ...