Washington, May 9 (ANI): Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence Origin and Structure of the Universe at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), found a radioactive iron isotope in fossil remnants of iron-loving bacteria, which they trace back to a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood.

Washington, April 29 (ANI): A new research has suggested that two surprising grains of sand found in a pair of meteorites that landed on Earth could have been formed in a single supernova that occurred billions of years ago.

Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Scientists have been studying stars by looking at specks of dust carried to Earth in meteorites.

Washington, April 9 (ANI): An analysis of X-ray observations from the Japan-led Suzaku satellite has concluded that an exploding star observed in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler held a greater fraction of heavy elements than the sun.

Washington, Apr 7 (ANI): Two groups of astronomers independently detected a yellow supergiant (YSG) star at a location closely matching that of the supernova SN 2011dh in the M51 galaxy through images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) before the explosion.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Using data gathered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances.

Washington, April 3 (ANI): Astronomers have succeeded in observing the death throes of a giant star in unprecedented detail.

Washington, March 27 (ANI): Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main "flavors" - a core-collapse supernova that is the explosion of a star about 10 to 100 times as massive as our Sun and a Type Ia supernova, which is the complete disruption of a tiny white dwarf.

Washington, March 19 (ANI): Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory point to the origin of a famous supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler.

Washington, Mar 16(ANI): NASA's Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star while performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions.

Washington, March 8 (ANI): Using the Pan-STARRS telescope on Haleakala, astronomers have found a young-looking supernova on the outskirts of a bright elliptical galaxy.

Washington, February 28 (ANI): Observation of two bright exploding stars is improving the astronomical "tape measure" used to calculate the acceleration of the expansion of the universe, say scientists.

Washington, February 19 (ANI): The international Cassini spacecraft has detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies, similar to the acceleration that takes place around supernova explosions.

Washington, February 15 (ANI): Analysis of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has provided the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe.

Washington, February 14 (ANI): A highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy, new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have suggested.

London, February 8 (ANI): Scientists have observed an outburst taking place a short time - just one month - before a massive star underwent a supernova explosion.

Washington, February 6(ANI): Scientists have made a major step forward in understanding the structure and behavior of some of the most elusive atomic nuclei in existence, some of which occur only briefly on the surface of exploding stars, thanks to the first set of experiments from the new Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA).

Washington, January 25 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have revealed the workings of a celestial event involving binary stars that results in an explosion so powerful it ranks close to supernovae in luminosity.

Washington, January 23(ANI): New image from ESA's Herschel space observatory has revealed multiple arcs around Betelgeuse, the nearest red supergiant star to Earth, and scientists analysing the image have suggested that the star and its arc-shaped shields could collide with an intriguing dusty 'wall' in 5000 years.

Washington, January 21 (ANI): A new view of a 20,000-year old supernova remnant using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) has provided more clues to the history of this giant cloud that resembles a beloved endangered species, the Florida Manatee.

Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): Astronomers Have revealed that a massive star, which they have watched repeatedly mimicking a supernova since 2009, has finally exploded for real.

Washington, December 18 (ANI): A new study has challenged the notion that the force of an exploding star forced the formation of the solar system.

Washington, December 8 (ANI): A team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence suggesting that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of massive stars.

Washington, November 20 (ANI): Using a unique new instrument on the world's largest optical telescope, astronomers have pinned down the likely origins of especially bright supernovae that they use as easy-to-spot "mile markers" to measure the expansion and acceleration of the universe.

Washington, November 15 (ANI): A new image of the supernova remnant called W44 reveals the aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space.