Chandra X-ray Observatory imagery reveals Tycho's supernova remnant, showcasing a blue outer shell of high-energy electrons from the initial shockwave and red/green debris illuminated by a rebounding ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --An international team of scientists from the United States, Australia and Germany have offered new insights into the origins of Tycho's supernova. Until now, many astronomers assumed ...

Using data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), international researchers have uncovered new information about the Tycho supernova remnant, an exploded star in the constellation ...

More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they’ve nailed down just what he saw ...

The remnants of a star whose explosion was found 450 years ago have been the subject of new research by a global team of experts. The findings offered fresh information regarding the circumstances ...

A new discovery provides the first direct evidence supporting the long-held belief that Type Ia supernovae originate in binary star systems that contain a normal star and a burned-out white dwarf star ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Nov. 11,1572, astronomer Tycho Brahe observed a bright "new star" ? now knownas a supernova ?

This image comes from a very deep Chandra observation of the Tycho supernova remnant, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf star in our Galaxy. Low-energy X-rays (red) in the image show expanding ...

The discovery of a pattern of X-ray “stripes” in the remains of an exploded star may provide the first direct evidence that a cosmic event can accelerate particles to energies a hundred times higher ...

Astronomers have solved a 400-year-old cosmic mystery, locating the missing companion star that played a crucial role in the titanic supernova witnessed by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe on Nov. 11, ...

Stars die all the time, but the untimely passing of SN 1572, also known as Tycho's Supernova, is possibly the most famous. That's because it's relatively close to us in the Milky Way's Cassiopeia ...