Another kind of supernova is called type I. That happens when two stars orbit each other. One star may start siphoning the ...

Any day now, a massive stellar blast could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a telescope to see it. Sound familiar? In case you're wondering, yes, this is the same so-called ...

Scientists have observed an explosion 180 million light years away that is unlike anything seen before. Rather than forming a typical spherical shape, the blast was flat — so flat that it has become ...