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

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic variable star, designated GOTO0650, which is in a rarely seen late stage of its evolution. This was also the first major discovery for the ...

It stayed dry, but was still warm, with highs reaching the upper 80s. This morning will start sunny and more comfortable ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

From starting as a busker on the streets of London with guitarist Wizz Jones in the early 1960s and rising to fame as the lead singer of the Faces, Sir Rod Stewart arrives at Glastonbury at the latter ...

Citizen scientists working with the Kilonova Project made their first confirmed discovery of a rare exploding star, enabling ...

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Stellar evolution refers to the life-cycle of a star, typically including the evolutionary phases from protostar until stellar death (as a supernova, black hole, neutron star, white dwarf, etc ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...