"The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare 'wow' ...

Astronomers have discovered something that, according to current knowledge, shouldn’t exist. They took snapshots of a ...

As stars move through space, they push away material and create a so-called bow shock ahead of them akin to a curved ridge of ...

A tiny chunk of dead star just 731 light-years away has presented astronomers with a shimmering puzzle: a powerful, glowing ...

Astronomers captured this image of a stunning shock wave around a dead star — a shock wave that, according to all known ...

Scientists described the moment as a rare “wow” discovery as the system lacks disc of material normally needed to drive such ...

In the astronomer's words, it "shouldn't be there." The post Astronomers Intrigued By Impossible Structure Around Dead Star ...

The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838. In such cases, material from the active star is usually ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

It's just a matter of time before a dead star reignites in space 3,000 light years away. And you'll be able to see it with the naked eye despite the distance. Astronomers say when the explosion ...