Astronomers have obtained remarkably detailed images of two stellar explosions -- called novae -- just days after they began.

A new study shows how Milky Way chemical tracks emerge from shifting star formation and gas supply, reshaping ideas about the ...

Few stars have rattled astronomers quite like Betelgeuse, the swollen red beacon in Orion that dimmed so dramatically in ...

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

Astronomers have traced the origin of a colossal white dwarf to a catastrophic crash between two dead stars, turning a quiet ...

"Weirdly enough, reheating a hard boiled egg in a microwave is a hazard. Hard-boiled eggs explode in the microwave because a ...