MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

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

A dramatic double supernova explosion has been captured for the first time by a team of scientists, including a ­Trinity ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

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

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

Astronomers capture first image of a white dwarf exploding twice in space Rare double-detonation seen in supernova remnant ...

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