For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent outbursts on long‑dead stellar cores. What they lacked was a clear, close look ...

Astronomers have long struggled to capture the true nature of stellar nova explosions. However, thanks to cutting-edge techniques, a team of scientists has finally been able to observe these cosmic ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

Astronomers have obtained remarkably detailed images of two stellar explosions -- called novae -- just days after they began.

A dead star 730 light years away appears to be forming a powerful structure around itself — and despite their best efforts, ...

According to Nova Scotia's official website, the gift stems from the devastating Halifax explosion of 1917 when, on December 6 of that year, two ships collided in the harbor, killing nearly 2,000 ...

Astronomers from our Physics department have discovered a striking and unexplained shock wave surrounding a dead star. The ...

A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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Poland scrambled fighter jets and closed airports in Lublin and Rzeszow near the border with Ukraine for several hours during the Russian attacks, the country’s armed forces command said on social ...