"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

Today, let's talk about a monumental event happening in the universe: the strongest supernova explosion in history. This ...

Today, let’s talk about something spectacular in the universe — the breakthrough of supernova shock waves through ...

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help ...

A distant supernova exposed elements from a star’s core. The result reshapes ideas of how massive stars evolve. According to long-standing theory, stars are built in layers like onions, with each ...

There could be a 90 percent chance that in the next decade, astronomers will spot a deep space explosion that confirms ...

New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and explode.

Astronomers have been monitoring V Sagittae for over a century, a binary system whose evolution challenges classical models.

V Sagittae, a binary star system, is exhibiting unprecedented activity - White dwarf in the system is engulfing its companion, causing intense brightness - Potential supernova explosion visible from E ...

Astronomers have uncovered the violent secret of V Sagittae, a white dwarf star consuming its companion in a spectacular ...

When a star explodes it can have drastic consequences for the area of space around it, destroying or altering entire systems and beyond. However, a supernova in a star system near our planet may have ...

Binary star systems are not rare. Neither are systems where one star is a remnant like a white dwarf or neutron star, and its companion is on the main sequence. In those systems, the dense remnant can ...