T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It ...

The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for ...

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive ...

As the great detective said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...

NASA's Chandra telescope was used to uncover the explosive past of an ancient dead star through 'space archaeology.' ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

Deep-sea samples reveal traces of past cosmic explosions, prompting researchers to seek further proof in lunar soil.

Credit: INAF/G. Valerin, A. Rigutti "This speed is decidedly lower than that of an exploding supernova, which often reaches 10,000 kilometers per second [22 million mph],” team member and INAF ...