Stellar Evolution
Millisecond Pulsar Discovered In Rare Triple Star System
If you’re looking for something truly unique, then check out the cosmic menage aux trois ferreted out by a team…
Watch a Star Blast Out Waves of Light
6,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Puppis an enormous star pulses with light and energy, going through the first…
When Is a Star Not a Star?
When it's a brown dwarf -- but where do we draw the line? Often called "failed stars," brown dwarfs are…
‘Glowing Wreck Of A Star’ Reveals Cosmic Cannibalism
Circinus X-1 may look like a serene place from a distance, but in reality this gassy nebula is quite a…
This Spooky X-Ray ‘Hand’ Demonstrates A Pulsar Star Mystery
That spooky hand in the image above is producing questions for scientists. While the shape only coincidentally looks like a…
Forging Stars – Peering Into Starbirth and Death
Some 160,000 light years away towards the constellation of Dorado (the Swordfish), is an amazing area of starbirth and death.…
Home Computers Discover Gamma-Ray Pulsars
Imagine that you're innocently running your computer in pursuit of helping data crunch a huge science project. Then, out of…
Exploring Our Galaxy’s Ancient Brown Dwarfs
As the name implies, a brown dwarf is small... only about 7% the size of the Sun. As far as…
Using the ‘Missing Physics’ of Stellar Feedback to Accurately Simulate Galaxies from the Big Bang to Today
For the first time, astronomers are able to accurately simulate galaxies from shortly after the big bang to today by…
‘Elephant Trunks’ Crowd Distant Star Cluster, Raising New Questions About Stellar Formation
Star winds are pushing the gas around NGC 3572 into "elephant trunks", as you can see if you look carefully as…