Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 14:39
Scientists believe silica grains may even come from the same star explosion that sparked the formation of the solar system.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 14:34
Scientists have been studying stars by looking at specks of dust carried to Earth in meteorites.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 14:28
Astronomers independently detected a yellow supergiant star at a location closely matching that of the supernova SN 2011dh in the M51 galaxy through images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 11:07
Using data gathered by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 10:24
Astronomers have succeeded in observing the death throes of a giant star in unprecedented detail.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 11:51
Astronomers have reportedly discovered a new kind of supernova called Type Iax. This new class is fainter and less energetic than Type Iax.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 15:09
Data from NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory point to the origin of a famous supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 21:40
NASA`s Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star while performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy`s central regions.
Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 10:26
Using the Pan-STARRS telescope on Haleakala, astronomers have found a young-looking supernova on the outskirts of a bright elliptical galaxy.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 14:18
The international Cassini spacecraft has detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies, similar to the acceleration that takes place around supernova explosions .
Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 14:47
Analysis of data from NASA`s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has provided the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe.
Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 16:24
Scientists have observed an outburst taking place a short time - just one month - before a massive star underwent a supernova explosion.
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