Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have uncovered the turbulent past of a distant red ...
NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has heard the song a star-quaking red giant sings to its partner black hole.
A distant red giant star is rippling with seismic vibrations, and for the first time, a NASA spacecraft has translated those ...
Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, astronomers detected faint “starquakes” rippling through the ...
A distant exoplanet that shouldn't be there anymore has continued to mystify astronomers with its existence after new evidence disproved a leading theory for its survival. The planet, named 8 Ursae ...
The Universe is full of surprises. Whatever you can think of, the universe probably has it tucked away somewhere. The surprise that has some astronomers excited this time is potential discovery of the ...
Solar winds gusted from a red giant’s outer layers began feeding its companion, a tiny neutron star, essentially rejuvenating it. There’s some adage out there about helping out your neighbor, right?
About five billion years from now, our steady, dependable Sun—the greatest luminary object in our heavens—will finally exhaust its core reserves of hydrogen fuel, and it will swell up into a ...
The cosmic distance ladder could soon have another rung. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In around 5 billion years, the sun will ...