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Hubble images taken 25 years apart show big changes in the iconic Crab Nebula — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
Astronomers reveal new insight into an iconic supernova remnant's evolution, structure and pulsar-driven growth over 25 years.

Scientists witness birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets for the first time, thanks to a general relativity 'magic trick'
By Harry Baker published
Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion.

Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first
By Evan Gough published
A new study looked at how a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared due to the formation of a black hole

'Behemoth star,' previously thought to be dying, is 'rising from the ashes' like a phoenix
By Harry Baker published
A new study suggests that the red supergiant WOH G64, also known as the "behemoth star," has not transitioned into a yellow hypergiant as previous research suggested. This means it is now unlikely to imminently explode in a colossal supernova.

Astronomers spot 'time-warped' supernovas whose light both has and hasn't reached Earth
By Ivan Farkas published
Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them to 'reappear'.

James Webb telescope discovers earliest Type II supernova in the known universe
By Skyler Ware published
An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

First-ever 'superkilonova' double star explosion puzzles astronomers
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova."

James Webb telescope may have spotted the earliest supernova in the universe
By Shreejaya Karantha published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big Bang.

Scientists map the shape of a supernova for the first time ever: Space photo of the week
By Shreejaya Karantha published
Astronomers using data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the initial "breakout" phase of a supernova is elongated, not perfectly spherical.

Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, shedding light on a decades-old star mystery.
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