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 ...

Astronomers have been waiting patiently for months for light from a distant explosion to reach Earth, and the wait might finally pay off, according to NASA. Scientists alerted the public last year ...

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, ...