For two decades, astronomers have chased a cosmic ghost: ultra‑massive “monster stars” that theory said must have existed but ...

Neutron stars explained through stellar remnants and collapsed stars, revealing extreme density, gravity, magnetism, and ...

A flash of powerful X-ray light coming from a nova explosion on a white dwarf star has caught the attention of astronomers using the Chinese–European Einstein Probe. This nova is especially exciting ...

Very massive stars that collapse to create black holes may vomit out much more material during their short lives than we previously thought. The team's modeling revealed how stellar binaries can lead ...

Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), astronomers have observed a nearby galactic globular cluster known as NGC 6569.

Astronomers have finally pinned down the mass and distance of a lonely world that drifts through the galaxy without a parent ...

Massive stars do not live long. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe ...

Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn t even possible. The planet, TOI-6894b, is about the size of Saturn but orbits a star just a ...

Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small red dwarfs ...

The two stars are taking turns feeding off one another. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A flash of powerful X-ray light coming ...