Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighborhood
Astronomers have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighborhood.
Where did this extremely magnetic, dense and dead star come from? Scientists aren’t quite sure
Using the Hubble and Gaia space telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a powerfully magnetic neutron star in the Milky Way wasn't born in a supernova.
Scientists find rare double-star spiral doomed for supernova explosion
In 23 billion years, these two white dwarf stars will collide. Then, they'll explore. Here's why scientists say this discovery is such a big deal.
Scientists are using stellar ‘quakes’ to peer inside stars
Scientists are probing stellar "quakes" to understand what lies beneath the surface of a star's body.
Hold onto your hats! Is the ‘blaze star’ T Corona Borealis about to go boom?
The nova is ignited when a "vampirific" white dwarf steals too much matter from a companion star.
New research on ‘Death Star’ that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth
The cosmic pinwheel that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought.
Some baby stars in ancient stellar nurseries were born in ‘fluffy’ cosmic blankets
Astronomers have discovered that many infant stars born in stellar nurseries of the early universe may have preferred "fluffy" stellar blankets.
Einstein Probe’s X-ray vision discovers an ‘impossible’ pair of vampire stars
A flash of X-ray light has revealed the existence of an odd couple of stars, a massive star and a white dwarf, that shouldn't really exist together.
Some planet-forming stars never ‘grow up’ and lose their ‘Peter Pan’ disks
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a planet-forming disk around a low-mass star, finding it contains chemical signatures never seen before in such a disk.
Mysterious cosmic lights turn out to be 2 undiscovered supernova remnants
The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has identified what's causing mysterious lights in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud.