There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

JWST revealed a massive star that ended its life in an explosion when the universe was just a cosmic toddler.

The collective supernova aftermath is famously called Cassiopeia A. Less famous, however, is the brief yet intense pulse of X-rays and ultraviolet light the dying star had pumped into space.

rightarrow{red ... supernova the remaining core of the star may collapse further. Some become neutron stars while very massive ones become black holes. An exploding supernova throws hot gas into ...