T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system about 3,000 light years away, is usually far too dim to see with the naked eye.

Sometime soon, astronomers are expected a star over 3000 lightyears away to go nova any time now. When it does this star will ...

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other ... to locate the constellation Corona Borealis between the bright stars Arcturus and Vega. The Big Dipper's handle points in the direction ...

According to NASA, the white dwarf orbits the red giant closely enough that it continually ... between the two bright stars Arcturus and Vega. Use the Big Dipper's handle to point you to the ...

Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

Yellowish-orange Arcturus is the fourth- brightest star in all the heavens and lies only about 37 lightyears from us. It’s an immense star — a red giant, we call it — about 25 times larger ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

Greetings everyone! Although Mercury is no longer in the early morning sky, Venus will be impossible to miss and Saturn will ...

OK, I admit I may not remember where my car is parked, but I sure recall my grade school planetarium field trips like they just occurred. These were some ...