From a universal perspective, the Milky Way is pretty small, but from where we sit on the outskirts of the galaxy, it is absolutely massive. When astronomers look into the center of the galaxy, they ...

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Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have conducted the most detailed simulation of the interior of stars and disproved a theory scientists have believed for 45 years: that stars switch their ...

What can binary stars comprised of two different types of stars teach astronomers about stellar evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team ...

Besides being a point of light, a star is a luminous, spherical mass of plasma, enough to hold itself together under its own gravity. On its own, though, gravitational rounding isn't enough. What ...

When you look up at the night sky, it might seem like all stars are basically the same, as just tiny points of light scattered across the dark. However, in reality, stars come in an astonishing range ...

Scientists traced star-forming gas clouds in a nearby lenticular galaxy, NGC 1387, offering new insight into early-type ...

Supernovae are rare events, yet they are critical to the inner workings of our universe and even our own biological makeup. The calcium that makes up our teeth and bones originated from these ...

AUSTIN, Texas — An international group of astronomers including Dr. David L. Lambert, director of The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory, has used Hubble Space Telescope to determine ...