A space telescope has captured the first ever evidence of a star "double detonation" as it reached the end of its life ...

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic evidence, captured using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large ...