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

Not one, but two exploding stars are currently visible to the naked eye in the southern night sky, a cosmic coincidence ...

TWO new stars have suddenly appeared in the night sky, caused by some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. Two ...

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

Classic novas typically appear in the night sky once a year at most, making the simultaneous appearance of two such events ...

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

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

Astrophotographer captures stunning image of Vela supernova remnant. The dramatic scene is located in the constellation Vela in the Southern Hemisphere sky.

This image shows the Vela pulsar wind nebula. Light blue represents X-ray polarization data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colors correspond to data from NASA ...

This is an 80-million-pixel picture of the star cluster RCW 38, located 5500 light-years away in the constellation Vela.RCW 38 is a young cluster containing about 2000 stars, and is bursting with ...

The dramatic scene arose about 11,000 years ago when a star in the constellation Vela went supernova.During the violent event, the star shined 250 times brighter than Venus and was so luminous it ...

This image shows the Vela pulsar wind nebula. Light blue represents X-ray polarization data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colors correspond to data from NASA ...