WHAT IS A SUPERNOVA AND HOW DOES IT FORM?

Many elements found on Earth are made in the core of stars and these elements travel on to form new stars, planets and everything else in the universe. Read articles that feature this panel The death of a star: 'Unprecedented' image of a supernova 80 million light years away is captured for the first time by an amateur. Astronomers baffled after spotting 72 ‘extremely bright’ explosions 4 billion light years away Miika Pursiainen of the University of Southampton, who is leading the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Programme, presented the baffling. Teardrop star reveals hidden supernova doom: Scientists discover two stars spiralling towards each other 1,500 light years away from Earth The 'hot subdwarf' in the binary system HD265435, was detected first by researchers led from the University of Warwick using NASA's. Astronomers capture the moment a star 500 million light years from Earth explodes at the end of its life A supernova explosion happens when a very large star can no longer fuse atoms within its core, causing it to explode, shedding off its.