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A young, bright star has been acting a little erratic lately. The star, Betelgeuse, is suddenly dimming. It may be a sign, astronomers say, that the star is about to explode. Another possibility is… ...
The night sky might be about to gain a brand-new star thanks to a distant sun exploding violently. This far-distant stellar system is situated around 3,000 light years away from Earth and is ...
The star is part of an eruptive two-star system called T Coronae Borealis, located 3,000 light years away. Every 80 years or so, one of the stars emits a powerful cosmic burst of energy called a nova.
T Coronae Borealis is expected to nova at any moment between now and September. Located about 3,000 light years from Earth, the binary star system contains both a white dwarf and a red giant.
Astronomers discovered a star explosion, called a supernova, in the Pinwheel galaxy, also known as "M101." The dramatic cosmic event is visible with a telescope. Here's how to see it.
Or it might be a giant star that is exploding over an exceptionally long period of several decades. In any case, one thing is certain: this mysterious object is something quite unique, ...
But finally, astronomers managed to observe a red giant star just as it "went supernova," as exploding stars are called.Using a telescope in Hawaii, a team of scientists gathered observations of a ...
The most powerful stellar explosion since the big bang has been linked to a newly discovered class of ultra-long gamma ray burst, astronomers said Tuesday at the 2013 Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst ...
The shock wave from an exploding star likely helped trigger the formation of our solar system, according to a new 3D computer model, researchers say.The solar system is thought to have coalesced ...
(Space.com) The shock wave from an exploding star likely helped trigger the formation of our solar system, according to a new 3D computer model, researchers say.
Exploding Star Is Said to Be Oldest Ever Observed. By John Johnson Jr . ... Located 12.6 billion light years from Earth, the explosion shows that giant stars formed earlier than previously thought.