The required supernova explosion would need to come from a massive ... designated supernova 1987A, erupting within the Large Magellanic Cloud in 1987. If the researchers are correct, the search ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and triggered global biodiversity loss. A new study suggests that at least two o ...

A star explodes in a dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud that lies just beyond the Milky Way. The star, known in modern times as Sanduleak 69-202, is a blue supergiant 25 times more ...

A test exists for a leading explanation for the nature of dark matter, but it relies on catching a supernova in the moment of explosion ... that if axions are real, core collapse supernovae ...

Then, the supernova explosion — one with more power than a thousand trillion trillion nuclear bombs — will detonate.