Ancient stardust frozen in Antarctic ice just revealed where Earth has been in the universeScientists found ancient stardust in Antarctic ice. This dust comes from exploded stars. It shows Earth has traveled through space clouds. ...
11 May, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Scientists hunt for origins of the mysterious 'sun goddess' particleScientists have new insights into the Amaterasu particle, one of the strongest ever detected. Initial observations suggested it came from a...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
2,000-year-old ‘guest star’ mystery from 185 AD solved by NASA X-ray studyAncient Chinese astronomers saw a bright guest star in 185 AD. This supernova remnant, RCW 86, was unusually large. New research reveals th...
25 Mar, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
A 400-year-old explosion, one of the biggest humans have ever witnessed, seen over 25 years as NASA shows Kepler Supernova’s uneven expansionNASA has released its longest-ever time-lapse from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing the expanding remains of Kepler’s Supernova, on...
07 Jan, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Astronomers discover a new type of Supernova, revealing inner layers of a dying starAstronomers have identified a novel supernova, SN2021yfj, revealing the inner layers of a dying star. Located 2.2 billion light-years away,...
23 Aug, 2025, 05.47 AM IST
Cosmic marvel: 'God's Hand' in Milky Way captured in mesmerizing telescope imagesThe Dark Energy Camera (DECam), developed by the US Department of Energy, has captured an image of CG 4, a cometary globule in the Gum Nebu...
14 May, 2024, 05.17 PM IST
Researchers reveal important clues to understand the death of massive starsThey found that all three species of the neutrinos from the supernovae are important contrary to the common treatments with only two flavor...
12 Jan, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
- NASA's Hubble captured first image of surviving companion to supernova
Washington, April 27 (IANS) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first image of a surviving companion to a supernova, a compellin...
27 Apr, 2018, 09.52 AM IST
- Amateur astronomer snaps exploding star's rare first light
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) Images captured by an amateur astronomer in Argentina has helped scientists obtain their first view of the initial ...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
- Oldest ever detected supernova happened 10.5 billion years ago
London, Feb 20 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has discovered the oldest supernova ever detected -- a huge cosmic explosion tha...
20 Feb, 2018, 06.52 PM IST
Bizarre star that refuses to die discoveredSupernovae, the explosions of stars, have been observed in the thousands and in all cases they marked the death of a star.
09 Nov, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
- Astronomers discover bizarre star that won't die
New York, Nov 9 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has made a bizarre discovery -- a star that refuses to stop shining despite exp...
09 Nov, 2017, 01.42 PM IST
- Deaths of massive stars may lead to birth of new generation
London, July 11 (IANS) Shedding new light on how stars are born, researchers have found evidence that death of massive stars, those more th...
11 Jul, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
- Astronomers find stray black hole hiding in Milky Way
Tokyo, Feb 3 (IANS) Examining a molecular cloud with enigmatic motion, a team led by researchers in Japan has found signs of stray black ho...
04 Feb, 2017, 06.52 AM IST
Supernova iron found on the MoonA star exploded in a supernova close to our solar system and its traces can still be found today in the form of an iron isotope found on th...
15 Apr, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
Most luminous supernova ever discoveredThe super-luminous supernova, called ASAS-SN-15lh, was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae team (ASAS-SN).
15 Jan, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
- Hubble captures images of first-ever predicted supernova
The supernova, nicknamed Refsdal, has been spotted in the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223.
17 Dec, 2015, 01.36 PM IST