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Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory in Chile have captured a unique image of the star WOH G64, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160,000 light-years from Earth.
The newly imaged dying star, designated WOH G64, is about 2,000 times the mass of the Sun, earning it the nickname "behemoth star." It is located a staggering 160,000 light-years away from us in ...
Scientists have announced that a dim star in a constellation easily visible after dark from the Northern Hemisphere may be on the verge of exploding. The binary star system, called T Corona ...
During the final stages in the life of a gargantuan star, its death throes culminate in a powerful thermonuclear blast — a supernova — that typically destroys the celestial object, unleashing ...
(PTI Photos) "Mai sabse tagda fan agar cricket mein hua hoon toh woh Tendulkar Sir ka hua hoon (If I have ever been the strongest fan of anyone in cricket, it has been of Sachin Tendulkar Sir ...
The nova is ignited when a "vampirific" white dwarf steals too much matter from a companion star. A new set of predictions for the so-called "Blaze Star," T Corona Borealis suggests the star might ...
Nova explosions occur in semi-detached binary systems containing a cool late-type star and a white dwarf. "A hot white dwarf star, about the size of the Earth but having mass comparable with that ...
A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers have been watching a small constellation ...
SINGAPORE – On March 26, the Star Voyager – a 1,940-passenger capacity vessel with a recent US$50 million (S$67 million) makeover – embarked on its maiden voyage under the newly relaunched ...