Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this time in the constellation Vela. This nova — later designated V572 Velorum ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

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

Players receive more money in bonuses for winning the Commissioner’s Cup than for winning the WNBA championship. According to ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.