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.

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 ...

When people think of a star exploding, they think that's it. The star is gone forever. Well, a little binary system 3,000 light years away called T Coronae Borealis (also referred to as the "Blaze ...

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.

In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...

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.

A dead star called T Coronae Borealis is the one in question. Scientists are saying it is on the verge of exploding, adding the dead star is "feasting on material from a nearby red giant star ...

The Hubble telescope shows stars exploding near a giant plasma beam shooting out from a black hole. The beam, named M87 jet, is 3,000 light years long and is moving through space at almost the ...

You may soon see an exploding star over Florida. ... The red giant is a large sphere in shades of red, orange, and white, with the side facing the white dwarf the lightest shades.

A dead star called T Coronae Borealis is the one in question. Scientists are saying it is on the verge of exploding, adding the dead star is "feasting on material from a nearby red giant star ...

Astronomers have taken a superdetailed, zoomed-in photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud's "behemoth star." The stunning image, which is the first of its kind from outside the Milky Way, shows that ...