Astronomers find one of the oldest stars in the Universe
The other star we've found so far has so little iron -- a key indicator that it was forged close ...
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TESS telescope discovers three intriguing close-by exoplanets
The solar system is very different from our own.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Could Help Solve One of the Mysteries of Our Sun
The temperature around the sun is millions of times hotter than the sun's surface itself.
Researchers spot the first coronal mass ejection outside our solar system — it was massive
It was tens of thousands of times more massive than the ones our Sun puts out.
This star is so massive it’s forming another star instead of planets
Now, that's a first!
We’re living in the Milky Way, version 2.0
Our galaxy is like a phoenix.
Scientists spot traces of titanium in scorching hot planet’s atmosphere
The planet is almost as hot as the Sun.a
We may have just witnessed a close-by star devour the remnants of a planet
Gluttony? Tsk tsk tsk.
Every point of light in this photo is a galaxy
Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn't it?
The constellation Vela explodes with color (and new suns) in ESO-captured snaps
Space -- the prettiest frontier.
Astronomers capture first images of an exoplanet forming
All babies are adorable, right?
How to “Weigh” Baby Planets
Weighing without using a scale.
Scientists complete most precise star map, revealing hidden details in our galaxy
An incredibly fruitful mission sheds new secrets about the Milky Way.
Astronomers find the most distant star ever, looking through a galactic magnifying glass
The findings might help piece together the evolution of the universe.
Some 70,000 years ago, a rogue star duo whooshed by our solar system — and early humans probably saw it
If you happened to be alive 70,000 years ago, you'd be in for quite a show.
In the Pisces constellation, one star is busy devouring its own planetary offspring
Giving "family dinner" a whole new meaning.
Biomarker molecule discovered “in abundance” around alien star, but still no life
Turns out, planet farts are just like ours, but with chlorine!
The sun likely has a lost twin called ‘Nemesis’, as do most stars like it
It sounds like the plot of a bad movie -- but it's just science.
Black holes turn stars into spaghetti, devours them, then burp fire
If there's one thing that black holes do extremely well, it's drawing things to them and destroying them.
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