A star called T Corona Borealis may "go nova" next week, making the star briefly visible to the naked eye. It last happened ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

Skygazers have been waiting for over a year to see a recurrent nova that creates a temporary, super-bright star every 80 years or so. A new study suggests that it could finally happen this week — but ...

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive ...

A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus.

But it's not going to hurt us. Betelgeuse is the shoulder of Orion, a red giant sitting about 500 light years away. It's huge ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

A type Ia supernova occurs when a white dwarf draws hydrogen from a companion. But Sirius A and B are too widely separated ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...