New Breed of Supernova Results In Total Annihilation for Supermassive Stars
A renegade star exploding in a distant galaxy has forced astronomers to set aside decades of research and focus on a new breed of supernova…
Stars
Astronomers Provide New Evidence That All Stars Are Born in Pairs
Using a radio survey of a giant molecular cloud filled with recently formed stars and a mathematical model that can explain the observations, astronomers reveal…
ALMA Views a Newborn Star Enshrouded in Dust
This newly released ALMA image shows a newborn star enshrouded in dust. This intriguing image may look like a collection of colored blobs, but it…
Astronomers Gain a Better Understanding of Spica
A newly published study details Spica, an eccentric double-lined spectroscopic binary system with a β Cep type variable primary component. The familiar star Spica (Alpha…
Ancient Milky Way Stars Contain Clues About The Early Universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way. These stars could contain vital clues about the early…
Astronomers Reveal How Stars Reach Masses of More Than a Hundred Times Our Sun
A team of astronomers has discovered a stable structure around one of the most massive, newly forming stars in our galaxy, revealing how some stars…
Synchrotron Emission Will Allow Astronomers to Find Stars That No One Has Seen Before
Astronomers believe that radio waves coming from supersonic stars will help them find stars that no one has seen before. The center of our Milky…
Two Massive Stars with Magnetic Fields Discovered in Binary System Epsilon Lupi
In a newly published study, astronomers reveal that the two giant stars in binary system Epsilon Lupi have magnetic fields. A Canadian PhD student has…
Astronomers Reach an Important Milestone in the Study of Cluster Mergers
Astronomers reach an important milestone in the study of cluster mergers, showing that member galaxies are still gas rich and thus can form stars and…
White Dwarf PG1149+057 Displays ‘Irregular Heartbeats’
Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has observed a white dwarf star displaying massive arrhythmic outbursts, which broke the star’s regular pulse and significantly…
Hubble Reveals the Secrets of the Quintuplet Cluster
This newly released Hubble image shows the Quintuplet Cluster, which is located 100 light-years from the center of our galaxy. Although this cluster of stars…
Astronomers Solve Mystery of Unusually Hot Blue Stars
New research by an international team of astronomers solves the mystery of hot blue stars, which despite their smaller size are especially luminous. Astronomers have…
Hubble Uncovers New Clues about a Hefty, Rapidly Aging Star
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been…
Astronomers Detect Magnetic Fields on Solar-Type Stars
A team of astronomers that has just completed the most extensive polarization survey of stars to date, detecting magnetic fields on sixty-seven stars with twenty-one…
Astronomers Explore the First Three Billion Years of Stars
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers studied the first few billion years of the universe to determine…
Astronomers Use Gyrochronology to Reveal the Ages of 22 Sun-Like Stars
Using a new technique for measuring the age of a star using its spin, astronomers reveal the gyrochronological ages of 22 Sun-like stars. Cambridge, Massachusetts…
Hubble Views Stars’ Clockwork Motion in Nearby Galaxy
A team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope measure the average motion of hundreds of individual stars over a seven-year period, revealing for the…
Astronomers Discover New Class of “Hypervelocity Stars”
A newly published study details the discovery of a new class of “hypervelocity stars” – stars that are moving at speeds of more than a…