Skygazers are still waiting for the celestial event of the year, when a dance between two stars 3,000 light-years away ends in a massive explosion and creates a new dazzling temporary "star" in the ...

We all know that black holes can devour stars, rip them apart and consume their remnants. But that only happens if a star ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated Messier 57 (also known as NGC 6720), dubbed the Ring Nebula. As a result, ...

Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...

The Blaze Star, situated 3,000 light-years from Earth, is anticipated to explode soon, promising a unique spectacle in the ...

We expect that [T Coronae Borealis] will erupt any night now, any month now,” Bradley Schaefer, a Louisiana State University ...

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...

The T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB, is a recurrent nova that bursts about every 80 years. Astronomers are pointing ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. Image via ...

The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for ...

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 ...