Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

PHOENIX — Like a motorboat doing doughnuts in a lake, Betelgeuse’s companion star leaves a wake in the giant star’s atmosphere. Signs of the smaller star’s trail around the red supergiant are the best ...

Vibrations echoing through giant stars are offering unexpected insights into their internal structures and evolutionary paths. New findings published in Nature and based on data from NASA’s Kepler K2 ...

Astronomers have just watched a supermassive black hole tear apart a gigantic star, releasing a burst of light so intense it ...

For over two centuries, we have watched the red giant R Leonis dim and brighten with regularity, but this 'heartbeat' is ...

Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because it shines so brightly. While most stars appear as tiny points of light, ...

New observations of the red giant star R Doradus suggest starlight alone cannot drive stellar winds that spread key elements through the galaxy.

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Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing clues of a dramatic cosmic history. The star, which quietly orbits a ...

Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That's the conclusion of a new study from Chalmers ...

Hubble’s latest view of N159 captures newborn stars igniting, glowing, and blasting bubbles into a vast cosmic nursery.