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

For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent ...

A striking astronomical event could light up the sky this week when a pair of stars bursts into a massive explosion. The two-star system, called T Coronae Borealis (or T CrB) is located in the sky's ...

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

Between now and September, have your eyes peeled for a truly spectacular night show. Not for regular old fireworks, that is, but for a rare celestial event: a nova explosion from 3,000 light years ...

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 ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

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 ...