The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years away from Earth. A newly released Hubble pic shows ...

Astronomers believe Earth is littered with debris from past supernovas, hidden in the deep sea and even on the moon’s surface. Kilonovas forge rare elements like gold and platinum—now ...

This "supernova archaeology" uncovered important clues about a star that self-destructed—probably more than a million years ago. Today, the system called GRO J1655-40 contains a black hole with ...

A star from dozens of lightyears away was to blame for what would soon happen. Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart their DNA ...