Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star's surface. For ...
At a distance of160,000 light-years, an aging red supergiant star in a neighboring galaxy has become the subject of an extraordinary scientific milestone—and a growing astrophysical puzzle. Captured ...
Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...