Astronomers report the discovery of a rare nova super-remnant surrounding the recurrent nova LMCN 1971-08a in the Large ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

In a time without telescopes, the appearance of a new star in the night sky was a disconcerting event full of meaning. Today, those same historical records, meticulously noted by chroniclers and poets ...

NASA introduced its newest astronaut candidates on Monday. Ten candidates were selected from 8,000 applicants and will be trained over the next two years. With the 'Class of 2025', the astronaut class ...

Daniel W.E. Green at the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, suggests that comet SWAN will hover near magnitude of +6, ...

This cosmic dance not only makes the system burn with unusual brilliance but also creates a massive gas halo, signaling its turbulent and doomed future. Scientists believe this frenzied interaction ...

At first sight, V Sagittae looks like a classic example of the sort of system that gives us novae. A white dwarf and a ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to ...

Q: You mentioned in your column that a car was named Impact by GM, which you thought was a bad name for a car. GM had a previous bad named car, the Chevy Nova. Nova is a star in astronomy, but in ...

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