Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY It has been considered by some that global cooling in the Plio-Pleistocene might have been due to changes in ocean ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

Astronomers have witnessed a massive star's explosive death, a supernova, for the first time in its early stages. Observed by the VLT, the star, 15 times the Sun's mass, exploded in an unusual ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) What's the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets ...

What’s the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature ...

Scientists have observed for the first time the very early stages of a supernova — the death of a star — with a massive star exploding in a distinctive olive-like shape. They used the European ...

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the investigation of dark energy.