A newly published study encompasses thirty years of research on hypergiant HR 8752, a star…
Browsing: Stars
Stars are massive, luminous spheres of plasma held together by gravity, and they are the fundamental building blocks of galaxies. Formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust, stars generate energy through nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen into helium and releasing light and heat in the process. They come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and life stages—from newborn protostars to red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Studying stars helps astronomers understand the origins of elements, the evolution of galaxies, and the dynamics of the universe itself. This page features the latest research and discoveries about stars, from stellar birth and death to their role in cosmic evolution.
Using the Herschel Space Telescope and a method known as raytracing, a team of scientists…
A team of international astronomers, aided by volunteer scientists using the Planethunters.org website, discovered a…
A team of scientists discovered a star called S0-102 that orbits the black hole at…
Using complex direct N-body simulations, scientists believe they solved the mystery of ultramassive stars of…
By targeting super-thin aluminum with X-rays at LCLS, scientists were able to analyze and pinpoint…
In a new study, a team of astronomers set out to evaluate the accuracy of…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope to study a sample of 71 O-type single stars and…
While studying TW Hydrae, a relatively young star in the TW Hydrae stellar association, astronomers…
A new image from the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory shows Vela C, a…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of U Cam coughing out a spherical shell…
First seen by the NASA Infrared Astronomical Satellite in 1983, the dusty disk around a…
While studying the brightness of stars in near-infrared light, a team of astronomers discovered several…
Located about 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Orion, protostar V1647 Ori gave astronomers the…
Similar to Jupiter, exoplanet HD 189733b is a gas giant that circles its star, named…
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the butterfly-shaped cloud of glowing gas…
Astrophysicists are getting closer to understanding the unexplained force that influences the laws of gravity…
To better understand how star formation and black hole activity are linked, scientists are looking…