Stars
Voyager and Pioneer’s Grand Tour of the Milky Way
A new study takes a look at where the Voyager and Pioneer probes might one day venture to as they…
This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did.
Every once in a while, the Milky Way ejects a star. The evicted star is typically ejected from the chaotic…
Massive Photons Could Explain Dark Matter, But Don’t
I’ll be the first to admit that we don’t understand dark matter. We do know for sure that something funny…
Eta Carinae is Getting Brighter Because a Dust Cloud was Blocking our View
A new study by an international team reveals that Eta Carinae will soon be so bright that we won't be…
A New Technique to Figure Out How Old Stars Are
Our understanding of the universe, and of the Milky Way, is built on an edifice of individual pieces of knowledge,…
Bizarre Double Star System Flipped its Planetary Disk on its Side
An international research team recently found a binary star system with a debris disk that orbits around their poles.
Habitable Planets Around Red Dwarf Stars Might not get Enough Photons to Support Plant Life
A new study shows that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may not get enough radiation to support photosynthesis.
A Guide to Hunting Zombie Stars
Apparently not all supernovas work. And when they fail, they leave behind a half-chewed remnant, still burning from leftover heat…
Astronomers Count all the Photons in the Universe. Spoiler Alert: 4,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Photons
Imagine yourself in a boat on a great ocean, the water stretching to the distant horizon, with the faintest hints…
We May Soon Be Able To See the First, Supergiant Stars in the Universe
We need to talk about the dark ages. No, not those dark ages after the fall of the western Roman Empire.…