Scientists have discovered HIP 67522 b, a planet so close to its star that its orbit disturbs the star’s magnetic field, ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

The star is part of an eruptive two-star system called T Coronae Borealis, located 3,000 light years away. Every 80 years or so, one of the stars emits a powerful cosmic burst of energy called a nova.

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...

NASA, ESA, and ground observatories have detected powerful space explosions caused by black holes tearing apart massive stars ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

A cataclysmic variable star isn’t technically a single object. Instead, it’s a compact binary system composed of a white ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the ...