For the first time, astronomers have captured the brilliance of a superluminous supernova via gravitational lensing.

The telescope captured near-infrared light from one of the earliest stars seen to explode in the history of the universe.

The light of the oldest supernova ever seen, dating back 13 billion years to just 730 million years after the Big Bang, has ...

The telescope observed a supernova that exploded when the universe was only 730 million years old, along with its faint host ...

A distant gamma-ray burst has led astronomers to a rare supernova from the Universe’s early years, revealed by JWST. But why ...

The space agency said supernovas typically brighten rapidly over a period of several weeks before they slowly start to dim. This example, however, took months to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 ...

NASA just released a new image from its Webb Space Telescope of renowned supernova SN 1987A, located 168,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was first discovered in February 1987, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured some bizarre imagery of an exploding star that, for some reason, kept repeating itself. In a press release, NASA said that new Webb images of what ...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye (University of Arizona), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), S. Cohen (Arizona State University), J. D’Silva (University of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. For the first time, astronomers have taken a high-quality, zoomed-in photo of a star outside our ...

Through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The light from the ...