“The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy,” said Priyam Das, a study co-author and PhD student at the University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia. “Yet, despite their ...

The Hubble Space Telescope may have just celebrated its 35th birthday on April 24, but it's still providing groundbreaking astronomy. Case in point: Astronomers have used Hubble along with an array of ...

Our Milky Way galaxy is home to some extremely weird things, but a new discovery has astronomers truly baffled. In data collected by a powerful radio telescope, astronomers have found what appears to ...

A collective effort from researchers around the world has connected the white dwarf we see today with a stellar explosion from the 1100s. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...

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In 1604, a new star appeared in the night sky that was much brighter than Jupiter and dimmed over several weeks. This event was witnessed by sky watchers including the famous astronomer Johannes ...

Evidence for a significant new class of supernova has been found with the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. These results strengthen the case for a population of ...