An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in ...

An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, successfully probed the early universe. An international group of astronomers has reached a new milestone in studying the early universe.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 ...

NASA just released a new image from its Webb Space Telescope of renowned supernova SN 1987A, located 168,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was first discovered in February 1987, ...

Yu-Jing Qin, a postdoctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), led a series of spectroscopic observations using Keck Observatory’s Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer, ...

While examining a nearby supernova with NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope, an effort meant to discover how these stellar explosions ignite charged particles called cosmic rays, scientists have ...

The powerful space telescope uncovered 80 early and distant star explosions in a patch of sky the size of a grain of rice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...

FORT DAVIS, Texas – Astronomer Robert Quimby has done it again. Found the most luminous supernova ever, that is. Quimby discovered the current record holder, supernova 2006gy, last year as part of his ...