An international team of astronomers has performed photometric and spectroscopic observations of a distant Type Ibn supernova ...

When this shock reaches the surface, it releases an enormous burst of energy. The star brightens dramatically, becoming visible as a supernova. For a short period, astronomers can study the initial ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

Scientists have captured the moment the shockwave of a supernova explosion breaks out through the surface of a doomed star ...