Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.
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Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time
Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.
A cosmic mystery surrounding the universe's most dazzling explosions, superluminous supernovas, appears to have been solved by scientists studying a colossal stellar event a billion light-years from ...
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Scientists pin down what powered an unusually bright supernova
Astronomers have identified a newborn magnetar as the power source behind SN 2024afav, a superluminous supernova whose brightness far exceeded what standard explosion models could explain. The finding ...
A rare gravitationally lensed supernova could help astronomers determine how fast the universe is expanding and shed light on dark energy. Astronomers may be closer to understanding one of the ...
An extraordinarily rare, gravitationally lensed supernova may offer a powerful new way to measure the universe’s expansion rate.
Astronomers used Webb to find the star behind supernova 2025pht, revealing how thick dust can hide massive red supergiants.
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