Supernova leftovers preserve evidence of a messy blowup that wrecked two stars In what sounds like a cosmic episode of “CSI,” sleuthing astronomers have figured out what touched off a stellar explosion… Read More
How number crunchers could help crack the cosmological mystery of dark energy Big data just might give astronomers a better grip on the answer to one of the biggest questions in physics:… Read More
SkyMapper Sighting signs up citizen scientists to hunt for supernovae Calling all citizen scientists: The Australian National University wants you to join the search for supernovae. Brad Tucker from the… Read More
Scientists say supernovae spread fallout when human ancestors walked the earth Researchers say they’ve found evidence of supernova explosions that spewed radioactive fallout over Earth during the age when humanity’s ancestors were evolving… Read More
It’s a first: Hubble scientists successfully predict supernova’s ‘instant replay’ Astronomers traced one of the weirder twists in relativity to determine when they’d see an “instant replay” of a distant supernova, and… Read More
