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

This NASA animation shows gamma rays (magenta) arise when accelerated particles in the explosion's shock wave crash into the ...

Skygazers have been waiting for over a year to see a recurrent nova that creates a temporary, super-bright star every 80 years or so. A new study suggests that it could finally happen this week ...

Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope. In honor of Hubble's landmark anniversary, NOVA tells the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument has captured the final moments of a planet's existence, unexpectedly ...

Sagan was David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University when he died in 1996. NOVA: Let's start with the crux of ...