A new image released by NASA shows what could be a captivating — and terrifying — event roughly 650 light-years away: a dying ...

This is a nova explosion." Most novas have been seen erupting once, but a rare few have been observed to explode multiple times. These are known as recurrent novas, with intervals between ...

In space, a supernova is the explosion of a star. They result in a brilliant burst of energy and light and can be so luminous that they briefly outshine galaxies. Type 1a supernovae are a special ...

"Once the explosion has subsided, the siphoning starts all over, and in time another thermonuclear explosion occurs, and so on, and so on," explained Evans. Nova LMCN 1968-12A (LMC68), which is ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula. A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of ...