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Scientists have recently warned that Earth is well overdue for a solar 'superflare' - a stellar explosion containing the energy of billions of atomic bombs. When this happens, power grids will ...

Normally, the red dwarf of T CrB has a stellar magnitude of 10 -- the lower the number the brighter. When the nova explosion occurs, the star system will increase to magnitude 2, or nearly as ...

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf ...

The rapid spin of this white dwarf, that is vampirically taking stellar matter away from a companion star, could be explained by its shrinking radius. While the white dwarf won't erupt in a supernova ...

This summer, a rare stellar explosion will be visible to the naked eye, as predicted by NASA. The event is expected to occur between now and September. Known as T Coronae Borealis or the "Blaze ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...