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Type Ia Supernovae Stellar Evolution Supernova Remnants Type Ia Supernova Superluminous Supernovae SN 2024ggi Iron-60 Isotope Black Holes Gamma-Ray Bursts SN2021yfj

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Rare X‑Ray Flash Reveals Faint Shock Breakout in Type Ic‑BL Supernova

The result suggests stripped massive stars can explode without visible relativistic jets, prompting new searches for early shock-breakout events to test 'choked jet' models.

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2mo ago

Antarctic Ice Points to Solar System Crossing a Supernova‑Tainted Interstellar Cloud

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4mo ago

JWST Finds Ultra-Faint Galaxy Showing Chemical Traces of the First Stars

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4mo ago

Antarctic Ice Links Supernova Dust to the Solar System’s Passage Through a Nearby Cloud

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4mo ago

Antarctic Ice Cores Reveal Supernova Dust Tracing 80,000 Years of the Solar System’s Route

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5mo ago

Astronomers Find Most Pristine Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

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6mo ago

Hubble Maps 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula

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6mo ago

Nature Study Links Superluminous Supernova to Newborn Magnetar Through Relativistic 'Chirp'

4 ARTICLES

6mo ago

Superluminous Supernova’s ‘Chirp’ Tied to Tilted Magnetar and Frame-Dragging

21 ARTICLES

6mo ago

Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

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6mo ago

Rubin Observatory Goes Live With Real-Time Sky Alerts, Sending 800,000 in First Night

5 ARTICLES

6mo ago

Webb Finds Dust-Obscured Red Supergiant Behind 2025 Supernova, a First for the Telescope

3 ARTICLES

8mo ago

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet, SN Eos at Redshift 5.133

6 ARTICLES

8mo ago

Chandra’s 25-Year X‑Ray Timelapse Charts Uneven Expansion of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant

3 ARTICLES

8mo ago

Caltech Team Flags Candidate 'Superkilonova' After August Gravitational-Wave Alert

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9mo ago

JWST Spots Most Distant Supernova Yet, Linked to 2025 Gamma-Ray Burst

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9mo ago

Astronomers Report Candidate 'Superkilonova' Linked to 2025 Gravitational-Wave Alert

Supernovae

Rare X‑Ray Flash Reveals Faint Shock Breakout in Type Ic‑BL Supernova

Astronomers Identify Candidate Binary Supernova Pair Near Jellyfish Nebula

Fermi Uncovers Likely Binary Pair of Supernova Remnants Near IC 443

Fermi Detects Gamma Rays From Superluminous Supernova SN 2017egm

Antarctic Ice Points to Solar System Crossing a Supernova‑Tainted Interstellar Cloud

JWST Finds Ultra-Faint Galaxy Showing Chemical Traces of the First Stars

Antarctic Ice Links Supernova Dust to the Solar System’s Passage Through a Nearby Cloud

Antarctic Ice Cores Reveal Supernova Dust Tracing 80,000 Years of the Solar System’s Route

Astronomers Find Most Pristine Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

Hubble Maps 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula

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Nature Study Links Superluminous Supernova to Newborn Magnetar Through Relativistic 'Chirp'

Superluminous Supernova’s ‘Chirp’ Tied to Tilted Magnetar and Frame-Dragging

Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

Rubin Observatory Goes Live With Real-Time Sky Alerts, Sending 800,000 in First Night

Webb Finds Dust-Obscured Red Supergiant Behind 2025 Supernova, a First for the Telescope

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet, SN Eos at Redshift 5.133

Chandra’s 25-Year X‑Ray Timelapse Charts Uneven Expansion of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant

Caltech Team Flags Candidate 'Superkilonova' After August Gravitational-Wave Alert

JWST Spots Most Distant Supernova Yet, Linked to 2025 Gamma-Ray Burst

Astronomers Report Candidate 'Superkilonova' Linked to 2025 Gravitational-Wave Alert

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