The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

Many readers may remember watching "NOVA" in middle school or high school science classes, and some of us haven't seen it since -- which is a missed opportunity for both science fans and history ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

Today's physicists are struggling with a quandary. They have accepted two separate theories that explain how the universe works: Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the ...

Krystnell Storr, who joins GBH as the first-ever science and equity editor for NOVA, says she has landed the “dream job.” Storr will work on developing and editing content at all stages of development ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring the binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), anticipating a rare nova eruption that ...

It is perhaps best known as the partial namesake of the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, the largest structure in the known Universe ... could be the brightest nova event of a lifetime.

Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes ...