Amateur Astronomer caught the First-Ever Photo of an Exploding Star
Amateur Astronomer in Argentina captured for the first time the initial burst of light from the explosion of a massive star.
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The Early Flash of an Exploding Star- caught for the first time
The brilliant flash of an exploding star’s shockwave, is illustrated in this cartoon animation, created by NASA’s Ames Research Center…
What Happens if a Star Explodes Near the Earth?
People have witnessed supernovae (exploding star) for millennia, but what threat do they pose to life on Earth?
Construction start’s for the world’s most powerful digital camera
The 3.2-gigapixel, world’s largest digital camera, at the heart of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), approved by the Department of Energy to start construction.
First Generation Stars in the Universe
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found in the early Universe.
First Supernova companion Star found
In 2004, an international team of astronomers had, for the first time, observed a stellar “survivor” emerge from a double star system involving an exploded
Mysterious Star with Spiral Arms
For more than four hundred years, astronomers have used telescopes to study the great variety of stars in our galaxy. Millions of distant suns have
Sonic booms from dying suns give life to new stars
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has revealed that nearby interstellar clouds contain networks of tangled gaseous filaments. Intriguingly, each filament is approximately the same width, hinting
Merged black hole eagerly shreds stars
A galaxy’s core is a busy place, crowded with stars swarming around an enormous black hole. When galaxies collide, it gets even messier as the
A Supernova may have caused Mass Extinction on Earth
An exploding star (supernova) about 65 light-years away may have caused mass extinction on Earth, 359 million years ago.
