For about three years now, scientists have been anticipating a nova explosion. Specifically, the explosion of the binary star ...

Astronomers have been patiently waiting for a "new star" to glow in the skies above Ohio and across the world. That "new star" will appear when the star T Coronae Borealis goes nova. It was originally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Just days after a nova appeared in the night sky, another ...

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation by NASA and the Goddard Flight Center of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. The red giant is a large sphere in shades of red, ...