For centuries, stargazers have watched a new star light up in the sky. Just days later, it vanishes. Today we call the star system responsible T Coronae Borealis, "T CrB" for short, or the "Blaze Star ...
A round every 80 years, the system we call T Coronae Borealis experiences a sudden increase in brightness. It becomes up to 1 ...
The universe is full of wonders, but nothing quite captures our imagination like a star that explodes, dims, and then ...
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 ...
One of the world's most popular lecturers on astronomy, Tyson is a familiar face to NOVA audiences, having hosted the miniseries Origins (PBS, 2004) and having been a featured scientist in prior ...
The explosion T Corona Borealis is a phenomenon caused by two stars that orbit one another 3,000 light years away ...
Writer, astronomer, TV personality, and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson is making three stops in New England on his upcoming tour, one of which will be in Boston.