Using the Hubble Space Telescope and an array of other instruments, astronomers have probed supernova wreckage in the Large ...

New 3D-printable models of Chandra X-ray Observatory images will allow you to hold a star in your hands and touch a supernova ...

Originally predicted to go nova in 2024, buzz about binary star system T Coronae Borealis was rekindled by NASA in early May ...

This limit marks the mass at which a star can undergo a thermonuclear explosion, creating a Type Ia supernova.

A nova differs from a supernova, which is an explosion that destroys dying stars, NASA explains. During a nova event, the ...

Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

When will we see a star system 'go nova ... Instead, the pattern of build-up and explosion continues to repeat. This differs from a supernova, a one-time event that "completely destroys whatever ...

That's because astronomers have discovered that this magnetar, which is a special type of highly magnetic neutron star ... to have been created in a supernova explosion. "Magnetars are neutron ...