Chinese astronomers have analyzed the data from NASA's Swift observatory ... GK Persei underwent a classical nova explosion in 1901 and is therefore the second closest nova detected.

Two stars, a red giant and white dwarf, orbit each other in this artist’s concept of a recurrent nova.NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ... However, there are two main types: classical and recurrent.

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system about 3,000 light years away, is usually far too dim to see with the naked eye. However, after the star goes nova, the system is expected to be as bright as ...

New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising ...

That "new star" will appear when the star T Coronae Borealis goes nova. It was originally expected to happen last year, but there are now signs that the explosion is nearing, according to NASA.

The trajectory of her life has been so turbulent, in fact, that NASA, her previous employer, published a feature article about her determination on its website. That story chronicles her journey ...

Maybe not: A new study reports 26 new bacterial species were found growing inside cleanrooms associated with NASA space missions. Specifically, scientists looked in the cleanrooms used to prepare ...

NASA engineers have successfully completed testing on one half of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — a key step in making sure this future observatory will perform as expected once it ...

NASA puts watches through hell before they go to space. The sleek Nova concept timepiece with its minimalist dial and bright white case supposedly aims for Mars, but remains firmly grounded ...

A study conducted by career.io surveyed 3,002 job seekers asking them to name the coolest positions in every state in the U.S. In Florida, the winner was mission engineers, a position overseeing ...