A rare cosmic eruption is expected to occur in the Milky Way in the coming months — an outburst so bright that a “new” star will seemingly appear for a short time in the night sky. The event, known as ...

Space enthusiasts, thank your lucky stars. Astronomers expect that this year you'll be able to see the explosion of a star system in our Milky Way galaxy by simply looking up at the sky. Yes, we know ...

Scientists around the world are anxiously waiting for a cosmic nova event that will appear to add a “new star” to the night sky sometime between now and September, according to NASA. The spectacle ...

Astronomers have been patiently waiting for a "new star" to glow in the skies above Ohio and across the world. That "new star" will appear when the star T Coronae Borealis goes nova. It was originally ...

Any night now, the astrophysicists tell us, a new star will appear in the night sky over Philadelphia and the rest of the world – about as bright as the North Star – the result of a cosmic explosion ...

The night sky could soon offer a spectacle of a lifetime as the T Coronae Borealis star system gears up for a potential nova explosion. This rare astronomical event, marked by a dramatic increase in ...

"There are a lot of firsts here." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star. Stargazers ...

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The smoking gun of the creation of lithium in explosions on white dwarf stars may have been found, in a spike of gamma rays originating from a nova. Thermonuclear detonations on white dwarf stars are ...