Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts ...

These violent, non-fatal eruptions can make a star mimic a true supernova — leading to what we affectionately call "supernova impostors." These are massive stars, prone to titanic temper tantrums, ...

Researchers have found white dwarf stars with masses close to the maximum stable mass (called the Chandrasekhar mass) are likely to produce large amounts of manganese, iron, and nickel after it orbits ...

Eight years ago, an astronomical observatory located high on a hill overlooking a region famous for a popular cheese, peered into the constellation Pisces only to discover proof of a star going ...

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified the red supergiant star that exploded as supernova SN 2025pht in galaxy NGC 1637, marking the first time JWST has detected a supernova progenitor star.