Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to the bone," offers a rare glimpse ...

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

It took place some 750 million light-years away, flaring into the detectors of the Zwicky Transient Facility on 7 July. At ...

One of the best places to study stars is inside "open clusters," which are groups of stars that formed together from the same ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...

Magnetars and “zombie” stars: New type of ultrahigh magnetic star discovered A bizarre new star 43,000 times more magnetic than the sun may have just solved one of science's greatest mysteries ...

New type of star gives clues to mysterious origin of magnetars Date: August 17, 2023 Source: ESO Summary: Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ...

Presumably blown off by the star’s fierce wind, the shells of gas and dust are moving slowly — at speeds of 650 kilometers per second (1.5 million miles per hour) or less — compared to the ...

A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning.

Star Gazers host Trace Dominguez breaks down the 5 different types of nebulae. Star Gazers host Trace Dominguez breaks down the 5 different types of nebulae: emission, reflection, planetary ...