The star blinked once—just a flash in the sky above Palomar Observatory in 2020. To most, it was another transient burst in ...

A sudden flash of light in 2020 caught the attention of astronomers scanning the sky. That brief signal, spotted by Caltech’s ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It periodically explodes in a recurring nova every 79 years or so, and it’s due ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning planetary nebulae — colourful cosmic clouds formed by dying stars, showcasing ...

Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb ...

The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world ...

Astronomers have identified many red giant stars and suspected that in some cases ... open image in gallery NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed what is thought to be the first-ever ...

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 It is difficult to predict the exact date of explosion ...

A star system 3,000 lightyears away is ... pull of its hungry neighbor,” according to NASA. The hydrogen from the red giant builds up around its partner, accumulating pressure and heat like ...

The other is an ancient red giant star that’s slowly being devoured by the smaller star. According to NASA, during a nova event, the white dwarf releases a massive explosion. The star will stay ...

red giant star and a cool, white dwarf star about 3,000 light-years away, would be visible with the naked eye once the explosion occurred. In June, NASA predicted that the Blaze Star could explode ...