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Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a ...

More than 13 billion years ago, before planets, before even most of the heavier elements that make them, the first stars ignited in the universe. They were immense, blazing hydrogen and helium spheres ...

Astronomers find an explanation for the fastest stars in the galaxy while uncovering a new mechanism for a supernova explosion. Credit: Technion illustration Astronomers call a special kind of ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study ...