NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly
Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in…
Alarming study reveals the universe will end much, much sooner than previously estimated
It’s the end of the world as we know it — a lot sooner than we think. A…
Do planets inherit their chemical structure from their stars?
Far beyond the reach of any spacecraft, a distant world glows with heat so intense that rock itself…
Astronomers Found the Closest Thing Yet to the Universe’s First Stars
The first stars were massive, hot, and bright, forming from primordial clumps of hydrogen and helium. They lived…
Pristine star reveals the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe
The spectrum looked almost empty. That was the clue. In the faint light from a red giant star…
Most Pristine Star Ever Found Reveals Early Universe
The first stars were composed of pure hydrogen and helium gas, with no heavy elements. They were so…
Warm gas ring found around a newborn star
A phenomenal event residing in the frigid dark of the Taurus molecular cloud. Kyushu University and Kagawa University…
Gamma Cassiopeiae X-ray Mystery Solved by Scientists
Stars shine not only in light but in X‑rays. For the biggest ones, over ten times the Sun’s…
Enrichment by the first stars in a relic dwarf galaxy
Flaugher, B. et al. The dark energy camera. Astron. J. 150, 150 (2015). Article ADS Google Scholar Beers,…
Astronomers Watch in Amazement as 2 Planets Smash Into Each Other Around Nearby Star
A seemingly regular, Sun-like star began acting really weird, flickering haphazardly as its light faded in and out.…
Our Sun Was Born in a Hellish Part of the Milky Way. New Research Explains How It Escaped
The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but…
The Sun Was Formed 10,000 Light-Years Closer to the Milky Way Center. It Escaped in a Massive Migration of Thousands of Solar Twins
A mass migration of stellar twins. Stars similar to our Sun form a mass migration from the center…