supernova

Kathryn Gray, a 10-year old amateur astronomer from New Brunswick, Canada, has become the youngest person to discover a supernova. She made the discovery over this past weekend, and her find was quickly verified by two other amateur astronomers based in the U.S. before the news started...

C/P Reuters WASHINGTON - An exploding star spotted 30 years ago in a nearby galaxy appears to be a newborn black hole, astronomers reported on Monday. X-ray observations suggest the supernova, called SN 1979C, is a black hole in the making, a team of U.S. and European astronomers said. "If our...

A new image from NASA's Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star. The dust is flying past and engulfing a nearby family of stars. "Scientists think the stars in the image are part of a stellar cluster in which the supernova exploded," said Tea Temin of...