What happens when a massive star dies? Conventional wisdom (and observational evidence) say that it can collapse to form a…
Making a 3D map of our galaxy would be easier if some stars behaved long enough to get good distances…
A couple of years ago, Betelgeuse generated much interest when it started dimming. That caught the attention of astronomers worldwide,…
Millions of stars that can grow up to 620 million miles in diameter, known as 'red giants,' exist in our…
When young stars coalesce out of a cloud of molecular hydrogen, a disk of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk…
It's another first for astronomy. For the first time, a team of astronomers have imaged in real-time as a red…
Astronomers have a new tool to help them understand giant stars. It's a detailed study of the precise temperatures and…
What happens to a star when it strays too close to a monster black hole? Astronomers have wondered why some…
If it weren't for supernova remnants we wouldn't have much knowledge of supernovae themselves. If a supernova explosion is the…
We thought we understood how stars are formed. It turns out, we don't. Not completely, anyway. A new study, recently…