"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

A binary star system about 150 light years from Earth, right on our cosmic doorstep, is on track to collide as a type 1a ...

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.

The “Blaze Star” is a rare nova that could produce an explosion visible with the naked eye in the next few nights, located about 3,000 light years from Earth and part of the ...

NASA's Chandra telescope was used to uncover the explosive past of an ancient dead star through 'space archaeology.' ...

The cluster, full of more than 2,500 newborn stars that blaze blue in the Hubble image, is in a galaxy with far fewer heavy ...