A cataclysmic variable star was found as part of a project using two telescopes from opposite sides of the world.

A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

The nova appeared in the constellation Lupus, which is positioned in the southern sky. While best seen from the Southern ...

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...