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How do Hypervelocity Stars End up Breaking The Speed Limit?
The Sun is racing through the Galaxy at a speed that is 30 times greater than a space shuttle in…
Live Online Event: The Exploding Universe: the Realm of Supernovae
Supernovae are some of the fascinating objects in the Universe. The Virtual Telescope Project will be hosting a live webcast…
The Rosy Remains of a Star’s Final Days
Stars like our Sun can last for a very long time (in human terms, anyway!) somewhere in the neighborhood of…
Cosmic C.S.I.: Searching for the Origins of the Solar System in Two Grains of Sand
"The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches…
Cosmic Explosion Left Imprint in Fossil Record
Ancient iron-loving bacteria may have scooped up evidence of a nearby supernova explosion 2.2 million years ago, leaving an extraterrestrial…
Hubble Telescope Breaks Record in Finding Most Distant Type Ia Supernova
Astronomers just keep honing their skills and refining their techniques to get the most out of their telescopes. Scientists using…
First-Ever High Resolution Radio Images of Supernova 1987A
On February 23, 1987, the brightest extragalactic supernova in history was seen from Earth. Now 26 years later, astronomers have…
New Kind of “Runt” Supernovae Could be Lurking Unseen
Imagine this "Death from the Skies" scenario; a tiny supernova lurks unseen near our Sun. Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center…
Grand Spiral Galaxy Graced By Faded Supernova
One of the most lovely deep space objects to observe is the grand-design spiral galaxy and there are few so…