For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

The Bezos-backed MethaneSAT satellite has been declared "likely not recoverable" after losing contact with controllers just ...

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These are the expanding ...

The first ever recorded 'planet with a death wish' orbits so close to its host star that it triggers huge flares of radiation ...

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These are the expanding ...

In a stunning first-ever image, astronomers have seen a star that died by exploding twice. They pointed the European Southern ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured stunning visual evidence of a star double-detonating itself to death.The twin ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic evidence, captured using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large ...