Astronomers using the JWST have traced the source of a long-duration gamma-ray burst back to a supernova that exploded around ...

Supernovae aren't one of the JWST's main science themes, but the perceptive telescope is full of surprises. Recently, it ...

The Webb space telescope observed a supernova that took place when the universe was 730 million years old, setting a new ...

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

"This observation also demonstrates that we can use Webb to find individual stars when the universe was only 5% of its ...

A faint, tiny flash of red light glimpsed at the Cosmic Dawn more than 13 billion years ago has smashed the record for the ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope discovers the oldest supernova ever seen, offering insights into early universe star formation ...

The space agency said supernovas typically brighten rapidly over a period of several weeks before they slowly start to dim. This example, however, took months to ...

A faint, ancient flash of light detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the most distant ...

Thanks to sufficient advance warning, the James Webb Space Telescope was able to study the earliest supernova by far. A gamma-ray burst had announced it.

Scientists at Northwestern University said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed (the circled infrared afterglow and host galaxy pictured 1-2 months ...

In space, things frequently go boom. And recently, on Oct. 9, astronomers observed an extraordinarily colossal boom. NASA's Swift Observatory, which is specifically designed to spot the most powerful ...