15-04-13 Certain types of supernovae, or exploding stars, are more diverse than previously thought, a University of Arizona-led team of astronomers has discovered. The results, reported in two papers published in the Astrophysical Journal, have implications...

13-11-11 Supernovae are intensely bright objects. They are formed when a star reaches the end of its life with a dramatic explosion, expelling（驱逐，排出） most of its material out into space. The subject of this new Hubble image, spiral galaxy NGC 6984, pl...

13-10-17 Astronomers at Queen's University Belfast have shed new light on the rarest and brightest exploding stars ever discovered in the universe. The research is published Oct. 17 in Nature. It proposes that the most luminous（发光的） supernovae -- explod...

13-03-27 Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main varieties. But a team of astronomers including Carnegie's Wendy Freedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson is reporting the discovery of a new type of supernova called Type Iax. This research has bee...