A team of astronomers has taken pictures of a huge star as it forms, to find that massive stars form in exactly the same way as smaller ones like the sun. Continue reading →
Astronomers may not be able to sample an exoplanet directly, but they have analyzed a hot-Jupiter's atmosphere in the 'perfect lab exoperiment.' Continue reading →
A black hole and an ill-fated red dwarf star make for the fastest binary orbit ever observed, with the star traveling at a staggering two million kilometers per hour. Continue reading →
Shields up, Captain! There's an unidentified entity ahead! On second thoughts, no need to take evasive action -- this particular space blob is just the glowing remains of a sun-like star, 3,300 light-years away. ->
For the first time, the European Herschel space observatory has spied an old subgiant star sporting a dusty disk of debris -- a feature usually associated with young stars. ->
The Universe is a vast and wondrous place -- so it shouldn't be surprising that you'll find all kinds of substances in all kinds of places, even the main ingredient in sunblock around a very old star.
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Star formation is a complex and beautiful process, but the reasons as to why the biggest stars get so massive has been a mystery to science. ->
What if we're looking at planets that DO have life, but we're not seeing it because we don't know any better? ->
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