NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos.
Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest images of a section of night sky to an image of the same section of space ...
Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated ...
This is a massive star that exploded 35,000 years ago, and the deep-sky image just won an award – a first in the prestigious competition ...
"The discovery of GOTO0650 is really the pinnacle of two years of consistent hard work from our volunteers." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...
Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, ...
The discovery image that the Kilonova Seekers volunteers first saw of GOTO0650 when it went into outburst. The science, reference, and difference images are shown: the "science" image taken on the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar ...