Tag: Stars

For the first time, researchers have spotted a binary star — a system of two stars that orbit each other ...

Scientists have just released a 10-year plan for studying the Sun, currently at its solar maximum. Credit: NASA At its ...

A superflare erupts from a young sunlike star in this artist’s impression. Credit: CfA/Melissa Weiss Solar flares are bright flashes ...

As 2024 winds down, so too is the Geminid meteor shower. One of the final meteor showers of the year ...

Back to Article List The now-retired mission still offers a treasure trove of data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC Although it completed its ...

Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Spots a Spiral in the… Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History ...

Back to Article List The first image of a star outside the Milky Way illuminates the final moments before its ...

Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani claimed in court papers this week that his former interpreter is in “wrongful possession” of valuable baseball cards ...

XRISM’s Resolve instrument has captured the most detailed X-ray spectrum yet acquired of Cygnus X-3. Peaks indicate X-rays emitted by ...

This Oct. 4, 2017, illustration shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian’s Star ...