made even more special by the fact that there were no X-ray or gamma-ray telescopes in space 80 years ago — which was the last time the nova erupted.

However, excitement about the nova has grown since astronomers observed the star suddenly dim, per NASA, much as it did right before its previous nova. Why does the star T Coronae ...

What researchers are calling a "Once-in-a-lifetime event," is a nova, or explosion, between two suns 3,000 lightyears away.

"We hope that it happens any day now," said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist specializing in nova events at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight ... that for a time shone with ...

The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon burst into life above our heads for the first time in 78 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The hourlong Twitch show is hosted by science communicator and former NASA engineer Nehemiah Mabry every weekday at 1 p.m. Eastern time. In the first week’s livestreams, Mabry played a bridge-building ...

The stars are separated by such unimaginably vast reaches of space that the chance of another ... Thus a sun and its planets might be formed at the same time, and the original motion of the ...