Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and triggered global biodiversity loss. A new study suggests that at least two o ...

While investigating the impact of a recent supernova on life on Earth, a team of UCSC astronomers found an intriguing ...

Astronomers have found a pair of chunky white dwarf stars—think of them as superdense stellar leftovers—spinning closely ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring the binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), anticipating a rare nova eruption that ...

At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...

When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

Here's an observers' guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.

Astronomers have identified a binary white dwarf system, located just 150 light-years from Earth, that is expected to end in ...

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...

The researchers say the star system will explode in a rare "quadruple detonation". As the white dwarf gets heavier, the ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.