Supernovas happen when giant stars, far larger than our sun, burn through their fuel and collapse under their gravity.

In a nutshell A massive supernova explosion 13,000 years ago may have triggered the Younger Dryas ice age by damaging Earth’s ...

"When nearby supernovas occur in the future, the radiation could have a pretty dramatic effect on human society." ...

New radio images reveal an unusually faint and symmetrical supernova remnant, nicknamed Telios, lurking just below the galactic plane of the Milky Way. However, they cannot tell exactly where it is, ...