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.

Subtle variations in the star’s brightness suggest it once collided and merged with another star, an explosive event that ...

The story of a red giant star and a nearby black hole is less a tidy cosmic romance than a forensic case file, pieced ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

An international team of astronomers has successfully imaged the surface of the geriatric star π1 Gruis, revealing enormous convection cells that cycle material between the interior and surface of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Portland, OR – May 11, 2017 –Red Giant today released Universe 2.1, an update to its collection ...