Stars
Foom! ‘Superflares’ Erupt From Tiny Red Dwarf Star, Surprising Scientists
Don't get too close to this little star! In April, a red dwarf star sent out a series of explosions…
Did Wild Weather — Or A Companion — Cause Eerie Infrared Glow From This Baby Star?
Watch out! Carbon monoxide gas is likely fleeing the disk of a young star like our Sun, producing an unusual…
Aurora Watch! Two Solar Particle Blasts Could Start Smacking Into Earth Friday
Bim, bam, smash! The Sun hurled two clouds of particles in our general direction, putting space weather watchers on alert.…
Weird X-Rays: What Happens When Eta Carinae’s Massive Stars Get Close?
While the stars appear unchanging when you take a quick look at the night sky, there is so much variability…
What Sparked Star Explosion 2014J? NASA Telescope Seeks Clues
X marks the spot: after probing the area where a star used to be, in X-rays, astronomers have been able…
Diamond Pinpricks: Gorgeous Shot Of Star Group That Once Baffled Astronomers
Is this group of stars belonging to one generation, or more? That's one of the things that was puzzling astronomers…
Can A ‘Planet-Like Object’ Start Its Life Blazing As Hot As A Star?
Nature once again shows us how hard it is to fit astronomical objects into categories. An examination of a so-far…
Deep Astrophoto of LDN 673: The Place Where Stars are Born
What a stunning view of this dark region of space! This image, by astrophotographer Callum Hayton shows LDN 673, a…
Split-Personality Pulsar Switches From Radio To Gamma-Rays
Another snapshot of our strange universe: astronomers recently caught a pulsar -- a particular kind of dense star -- switch…
ESO’s La Silla Observatory Reveals Beautiful Star Cluster “Laboratory”
Any human being knows the awe-inspiring wonder of a splash of stars against a dark backdrop. But it takes a…