The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a massive red supergiant star just before it exploded, finally solving a cosmic mystery. Hidden beneath layers of dust, the doomed star revealed itself ...

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it exploded. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the international team ...

In 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope saw a first when it captured an image of the star Betelgeuse experiencing a surface mass ejection. Hubble’s observations provide evidence for how a star acts after ...

The most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star hidden in dust before it exploded has been captured by astronomers. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team identified a ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by Northwestern University has for the first time detected the source of a supernova, known as its predecessor, in mid-infrared ...

Betelgeuse made everybody think it was going to explode in a spectacular supernova. It turns out the star just belched and shrouded itself in dust.

In the biggest celestial show ever seen, dying star Betelgeuse will be visible even during the day for several months You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...