An international team of astronomers has detected the brightest and most energetic known supernova: SN 2016aps.
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SN 2006gy, a superluminous supernova discovered in 2006, gained its exceptional brightness when a normal Type Ia explosion smashed into a dense shell of...
Astronomers using the 8-m Subaru Telescope have identified 1,824 new supernova candidates, including 58 Type Ia supernovae over 8 billion light-years away.
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A team of astronomers has observed a new phenomenon in the aftermath of SN 2012au, an extremely energetic supernova discovered on March 14, 2012 in the...
Astronomers have discovered a supernova that occurred 10.5 billion years ago, when the Universe was less than a quarter of its present age.
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At a distance of 420 million light-years, the recently-discovered SN 2017egm is the nearest Type I superluminous supernova to date, and the first near...
A large international team of astronomers has spotted an extremely luminous supernova in a massive galaxy 3.82 billion light-years away.
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PS1-10afx, an unusually bright supernova that was discovered in 2010 using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System, is so luminous because...
According to an international group of astronomers, two unusual stellar explosions detected in 2006 and 2007 are a new subclass of superluminous supernova...
