A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine brighter than anything currently visible in the night sky. But ...

A newly discovered pair of white dwarfs will both explode in a type 1a supernova when they circle too close to one another in around 23 billion years. | Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick ...

During the final stages in the life of a gargantuan star, its death throes culminate in a powerful thermonuclear blast — a supernova — that typically destroys the celestial object, unleashing ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a small fraction of a supernova's power, they are extremely dangerous.

But there are other varieties of supernova that are a little bit harder to predict, and a little bit harder to spot. For example, there are special cases of supernovas where the dying star is ...