For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...

According to a fairly new theory, white dwarfs can explode twice in a row in certain circumstances. For the first time, we ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

Astronomers have captured the first-ever visual evidence of awhite dwarf star exploding twice in a remarkable supernova event ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...