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A nova explosion from 3,000 light years away is predicted to become visible to our naked eyes in the Northern Hemisphere.

Going Nova

This star explosion is a rare event.

Star Explosion Will Be Visible in Night Sky, Astronomers Say

In a "serendipitous" turn of events, scientists inadvertently spotted an ultra-rare naked stellar core, the first for a star this massive.

Naked and Afraid

That's not normal.

Scientists Spot "Stripped, Pulsating Core" of Star Caused By Horrific Accident

Scientists might have discovered a rare and (frankly) unsettling cosmic event: a black hole eating a star from the inside out and causing a supernova. 

Inter-Galactic Eating Contests

It might be evidence of a rare type of supernova. 

Parasite Black Hole Eats Gigantic Star from Inside Out

A team of Harvard astronomers have a wild new theory: the Sun used to have a star companion while the solar system was being formed.

Separated at Birth

"The Sun's long-lost companion could now be anywhere in the Milky Way."

Harvard Astronomers Propose That Our Star System Used to Be Binary

A white dwarf star from a binary star system was just sent hurtling through the Milky Way at 559,000 mph after experiencing a "partial supernova."

Yeet!

The explosion yeeted it through the galaxy at more than half a million miles per hour.

This Star Appears to Have Survived a Supernova

Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a binary star system called HD101584 after a particularly violent and close fly-by.

Cosmic Battle

This is what happens when a red giant brutally eviscerates its twin.

This Epic Star Battle Looks Like Something From a "Thor" Movie

Researchers from UCLA have identified six shape-shifting G objects orbiting the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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