Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth, is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. And if the recurring nova follows its usual pattern, we can expect to see ...

An object bright enough to be seen streaking across the midday sky has fallen across parts of the Southeast U.S.

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...

If you missed out on the annular eclipse and the total eclipse in the past 12 months, there's about to be another once-in-a-lifetime sky-watching event — and this one should last several days.

'Christmas Star' to grace the night sky this weekend. By Julia Jacobo. Friday, December 6, 2024. A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days.

On December 4, Venus—which is the brightest natural object in the night sky after the moon—will be accompanied by a slim crescent moon. "Venus is hard to miss in the southwest after sunset ...

Known as the “dog star” for its place amid the constellation Canis Major, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. The vivid star is one of the nearest to Earth, at just 8.6 light-years ...