For about three years now, scientists have been anticipating a nova explosion. Specifically, the explosion of the binary star ...

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...

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Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions are known, that ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

Could this be a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event? A rare stellar eruption called a recurrent nova is expected to spark a temporary new light in the Northern Crown constellation, offering skywatchers in ...

In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, challenging many of the previously held assumptions about planetary ...

NASA’s Hubble data shows a wake of dense gas around Betelgeuse, offering the clearest proof yet of a long-suspected companion ...

Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering massive solar flares to erupt. This is the first time a planet has been seen ...