Using Georgia State’s CHARA Array, an international team of scientists has uncovered unexpected complexity in how stars ...

Astronomers have long struggled to capture the true nature of stellar nova explosions. However, thanks to cutting-edge ...

A nova 3,000 light-years away is due to become visible from Earth. T Coronae Borealis could be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks. A few tips can help you see this cosmic burst, which will ...

The nova T Coronae Borealis explodes about once every 80 years. While the world's attention has been focused on the total solar eclipse that will occur later this spring, the distant Corona Borealis ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented detail. The breakthrough provides direct evidence that these explosions are ...

Two stellar explosions that lit up the sky in 2021 have now been dissected in unprecedented detail, revealing tangled shells, colliding flows of gas, and structures that defy decades of textbook ...

A fiery nova explosion from a white dwarf star that made it at least 60 times hotter than the sun has been observed by scientists who termed the sighting a “fortunate coincidence”. When stars like the ...

Astronomers in Germany have spotted a fiery 'nova explosion' from a white dwarf for the very first time. Researchers observed the event, thanks to data from the joint German-Russian eROSITA X-ray ...

While the world's attention has been focused on the total solar eclipse that will occur later this spring, the distant Corona Borealis binary system – which contains one dead white dwarf star and one ...