Astronomers used Webb to find the star behind supernova 2025pht, revealing how thick dust can hide massive red supergiants.

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that exploded millions of years ago. The star, which was in a nearby galaxy, exploded ...

A pair of incredible images taken at the very moment two different stars exploded are also an accurate representation of how our feeble minds are being melted at the awesome but terrifying cosmic ...

Within the rubble of an exploded star, astrophysicists have found unexpectedly high amounts of two ingredients essential for life: chlorine and potassium. The discovery could help explain where these ...

The light from the explosion did not reach Earth till June 29, 2025, when the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae detected it.