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It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the dramatic explosion of a particular kind of white dwarf. In 1998, they announced ...

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A newly-discovered supernova is now a record-holder. AsianScientist reports the supernova is classified as a "super-luminous supernova." It's 570 billion times the luminosity of the sun, and 20 times ...

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is ...

The stunning, 1.3-gigapixel image is the largest ever released from the Dark Energy Camera. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

This new project corrects any differences between those observations caused by different astronomical instruments, such as how the filters of telescopes drift over time, to curate the largest ...