Scientists studying the star Betelgeuse have determined that it’s actually roughly 25% closer than previous estimates. The star is also slightly smaller than scientists assumed, though it still appears as though it’s reaching >>
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Scientists spot a star turning into spaghetti near a black hole
A distant black hole is sucking up a star that got a little too close for comfort. The event was detected by a pair of telescopes at the European Southern Observatory, and hints >>
Hubble spots a big, weird blob of star gas
When you gaze at the sky on a clear night, you can easily spot countless stars shining bright. Most of them look pretty much identical, aside from varying brightness, but when NASA’s Hubble >>
Young stars love to destroy planet atmospheres, new study suggests
New exoplanet discoveries have been piling up fast in recent years, and whenever astronomers confirm the existence of another planet there’s always an immediate interest in whether or not that planet could support >>
Astronomers spot one of the oldest stars ever
Our Solar System is incredibly old by human standards. The Sun, sitting in the center, is thought to be just over 4.6 billion years old, which is an almost unfathomable amount of time >>
Massive planets spotted near young star leave astronomers scratching their heads
Astronomers have a pretty good handle on how stars and the planets around them form, and it’s believed to be a process that takes many millions of years. Our own Solar System is >>
Astronomers are looking for the Sun’s long-lost twins by checking the ‘DNA’ of stars
We sometimes think of the Sun as a pretty special star, but only because of the fact that Earth happens to be in the perfect place to be warmed by it without being >>
The ‘Alien Megastructure’ star is acting weird again
Early last year a far-off star captured the imagination of the scientific community thanks to its incredibly bizarre behavior. The star, which is officially named KIC 8462852 but is better known as “Tabby’s >>
