It's the astronomical equivalent of a horror film adversary: a star that just wouldn't stay dead. When most stars go supernova, they die in a single blast, but astronomers have found a star that ...
A red supergiant star got brighter and brighter,as if it was about to go supernova – and then dramatically dimmed, ...
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Supernova Star Lives On As Undead Cosmic Zombie
The larger star will go supernova and lead to the smaller of the two shrinking to a white dwarf. The zombie star that results ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Science fiction authors have long had a field day with the potential ...
Stars are born in stellar nurseries, molecular clouds of cold gas and dust. These clouds contain many times the mass of a ...
Even if you knew nothing about astronomy, you’d understand that exploding stars are forceful and consequential events. How ...
Although it's possible to see the galaxy with the unaided eye, it wouldn't have been possible to see a star going supernova and exploding within it — even with the help of a telescope.
The explosion T Corona Borealis is a phenomenon caused by two stars that orbit one another 3,000 light years away ...
A prime candidate is Betelgeuse, the closest red supergiant star to the solar system at around 550 light-years that is expected to go supernova within the next 100,000 years. It displayed some odd ...
NASA welcomed the new year by releasing a series of 19 gorgeous images of spiral galaxies. Combining data from the JWST’s ...
This week's Trending Up looks at a new star going supernova, as well as an unusual application of an '00s indie staple and a meme-turned-song-turned-viral-hit. Welcome to Billboard Pro‘s ...