Type Ia supernovae represent the dramatic thermonuclear explosions of white dwarf stars, typically triggered in binary systems by processes such as accretion from a companion or the merger of two ...

Scientists have developed a new method that could significantly improve our understanding of the expansion of the Universe ...

BERKELEY, CA — A group of scientists affiliated with the SuperNova Legacy Survey (SNLS) have found startling evidence that there is more than one kind of Type Ia supernova, a class of exploding stars ...

A team of astronomers led by The University of Texas at Austin’s Howie Marion has detected a flash of light from the companion to an exploding star. This is the first time astronomers have witnessed ...

An international team led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) has ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe. Dr Mathew Smith and Dr Georgios Dimitriadis from Lancaster ...

Supernovae help astronomers measure how the Universe expands over time, but correctly interpreting this signal is far from straightforward: the light that reaches us is affected by multiple factors, ...

Type Ia supernovae as a research area encompasses the observational, theoretical, and computational study of thermonuclear explosions of white dwarfs and their applications in astrophysics and ...

It’s easy to forget that stars, just like us, have lifetimes. They’re born, they live, and eventually, they die. And for some stars, their death is dramatic, producing an explosion so powerful it can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These are the expanding ...