An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf onto ...

YAHOO.COM - Astronomers on Wednesday reported that six ultra-bright flashes detected in deep space were ancient exploding stars that are a new kind of supernova. "We have a whole new class of objects ...

Evidence for a significant new class of supernova has been found with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton. These results strengthen the case for a population of ...

A bizarre exploding star that left its embers glowing invisibly in the distant sky seemed just like one of hundreds that flash into existence all the time - until one sharp-eyed astronomer noticed its ...

The night sky is filled with blips and flashes, a constantly changing sea of lights. Some of these changes are from Earth-bound happenings such as aircraft flying overhead, but some are from distant ...

Eye in the sky: the TESS spacecraft has been used to identify a new class of supergiant stars. (Courtesy: NASA) A new class of stars called “fast yellow pulsating supergiants” has been identified by ...

A new class of supernova has been discovered, with six examples of it seen so far. Powered by a mysterious source, they’re brighter and longer-lived than the novae we know now. The Palomar Transient ...

Astronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted apart in a supernova explosion long ago. By decoding ghostly echoes of light traveling away from the remains of a supernova ...

Astronomers were looking through seven-year-old data when they chanced upon a very strange supernova that flashed and was gone in less than a month, when 3-4 months is typical. The unusually rapid ...

Evidence for a significant new class of supernova has been found with the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. These results strengthen the case for a population of ...