Fast blue optical transients, or FBOTs are energetic explosions in space, but they are also extremely rare. In fact only 5 ...

Hubble captured an exploding star about 650 million light-years from ... where the supernova explosion occurred. The spiral galaxy's swirling mass centers around an oval-shaped core region with ...

The red and blue is a result of the gases from the explosion, while the star has turned into a small, bluish body called a white dwarf (represented by the symbol PK205+14.1 in the image below).

The explosion occurred during a critical test of ... What Happened to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launch? SpaceX's test occurred on the same day as Blue Origin's historic first launch of its New ...

Although the blue lurker looks like a classic sunlike star, it spins much faster because ... like Type Ia supernovas — a landmark type of explosion used to measure the universe's expansion ...

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf ...

LEDA 22057 is the site of a supernova explosion, named SN 2024PI ... stands out in the photo as a pale blue dot shining clearly amid thick bands of gas, located just a little down and to the ...

A newly released Hubble pic shows the galaxy LEDA 22057, where the supernova explosion occurred ... The rare supernova, named SN 2024PI, stands out in the photo as a pale blue dot shining clearly amid ...