Tag: star

Up close and per-Sun-al.

Why not start with a bang, eh?

The observable universe contains an estimated 1×1024 stars. They come in very different sizes, and their masses and brightness can ...

A new study describes a technique that could be used to find wormholes.

We still don't know what dark energy *is*, but we found out another thing it isn't.

The other star we've found so far has so little iron -- a key indicator that it was forged close ...

The solar system is very different from our own.

The temperature around the sun is millions of times hotter than the sun's surface itself.

It was tens of thousands of times more massive than the ones our Sun puts out.

Now, that's a first!

Our galaxy is like a phoenix.

The planet is almost as hot as the Sun.a

Gluttony? Tsk tsk tsk.

Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

Space -- the prettiest frontier.

All babies are adorable, right?

Weighing without using a scale.

An incredibly fruitful mission sheds new secrets about the Milky Way.

The findings might help piece together the evolution of the universe.

If you happened to be alive 70,000 years ago, you'd be in for quite a show.