Why do stars twinkle, or do they twinkle at all? For astronomers, this is important
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Tag: star
Astronomers find the farthest evidence of fluoride to date, in a distant galaxy
This will teach us a lot about how the element forms in the Universe.
We’ve found a dead star that’s about as large as the Moon, but weighs more than the Sun
Space is full of surprises.
How hot is the sun?
I have it on very good authority that it's more than 20 degrees, for sure.
Europe’s most powerful solar telescope lets us see its surface and spots up close
Up close and per-Sun-al.
Partial supernova sends a white dwarf barrelling through space
Why not start with a bang, eh?
The types of stars — a hot, bright journey through the universe
The observable universe contains an estimated 1×1024 stars. They come in very different sizes, and their masses and brightness can ...
Could wormholes actually exist?
A new study describes a technique that could be used to find wormholes.
We know something more about dark energy: it isn’t a fundamental force
We still don't know what dark energy *is*, but we found out another thing it isn't.
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 ...
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?