Tag Archive for 'Nova remnant'

Using the MUSE, an integral-field spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, Göttgens et al discovered the remains of a nova near the center of the globular cluster Messier 22. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / F. Göttgens, Institute for Astrophysics, University of Göttingen.

Astronomers Find Ancient Nova Remnant in Messier 22

Apr 30, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

A nova is a cataclysmic event on the surface of a white dwarf star in a binary stellar system that increases the overall brightness by several orders of...

The Steward 2.3-m Bok Telescope image of M31N 2008-12a and its surrounding super-remnant. Image credit: Darnley et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0825-4.

Astronomers Find Nova Super-Remnant in Andromeda Galaxy

Jan 14, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has found that M31N 2008-12a, a frequently erupting ‘nova’ located in the Andromeda Galaxy, is surrounded by a...