When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated Messier 57 (also known as NGC 6720), dubbed the Ring Nebula. As a result, ...

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers have been watching a small constellation ...

The nova is ignited when a "vampirific" white dwarf steals too much matter from a companion star. A new set of predictions for the so-called "Blaze Star," T Corona Borealis suggests the star might ...

Scientists have announced that a dim star in a constellation easily visible after dark from the Northern Hemisphere may be on the verge of exploding. The binary star system, called T Corona ...

Nova explosions occur in semi-detached binary systems containing a cool late-type star and a white dwarf. "A hot white dwarf star, about the size of the Earth but having mass comparable with that ...

JWST unveils LBN 483, a nebula shaped by young binary stars Stellar outflows form an intricate hourglass structure Magnetic fields influence the nebula’s evolving shape ...