Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

Scientists reveal how two unstable nuclei trigger neutron star explosions and power intense X-ray bursts across the universe.

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

Astronomers seeking to observe a star just before it explodes have come tantalizingly close to achieving their goal, a new study reports. For the last three years, the researchers have been scanning ...

A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

An overview of Betelgeuse - How stars function - The significance of Kepler's Supernova - What supernovae are - Recent ...

The CHARA Array is located at the Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California. The six telescopes of the CHARA Array are arranged along three arms. The light from each ...