Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 19 Candy Cane Hunt Bring the kids to Crooked Creek Park (1098 Old Lexington Hwy.) for some holiday fun with a ...

A classical nova may look simple at first. A faint star brightens, sometimes enough for you to spot without a telescope, then slowly dims over weeks or months. Behind that short burst of light sits a ...

New images reveal that stellar eruptions unfold in chaotic stages, with twisting outflows and late ejections that power ...

Two new stars, or nova eruptions, have been resolved in unprecedented detail by six optical telescopes operating in unison as ...

Some stars explode into a nova quickly; others can take more than a month. Scientists are only beginning to understand why.

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical ...

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of ...

Learn how new high-resolution images of two nova eruptions offer fresh insight into how these stellar explosions release ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...