It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

Astronomers have finally been able to capture the shape of a star explosion at its earliest, fleeting stage, all thanks to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory. A team ...

This artist’s impression shows a star going supernova. About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers ...

Astronomers have released a rare time-lapse video showing the violent expansion of a dead star over two decades. The footage ...