Unique Dust Shells around two Stars from Webb
A new image from the Webb Space Telescope shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a
The Most Distant Star just detected
Hubble space telescope detected most distant single star ever seen.
Gigapixels of Andromeda
Stunning video. Hubble’s high-definition panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy. Get an idea of what a few hundred billion stars looks like…
How many Stars are there in Space?
Look up at the sky on a clear night, and you’ll see thousands of stars – about 6,000 or so. But that’s only a tiny fraction of
The Star Systems that could be watching Earth
Exoplanets around some nearby stars, have a cosmic front-row seat to see if Earth holds life.
The mystery of Star Betelgeuse dimming, solved
The star Betelgeuse became visibly darker in 2019 and 2020, puzzling astronomers. New images show that the star was partially concealed by a cloud of dust, solving
Breaking the Warp Barrier for faster than Light Travel
Astrophysicist discovers new theoretical hyper-fast soliton solutions, faster-than-light, to travel to nearby stars.
A Solar System with 6 Stars
Astronomers have discovered a rare stellar system in with six stars, creating six eclipses when observed from our solar system.
Eagle Nebula Pillars sonified
In the featured video, listen for stars and dust sounding off the famous Eagle nebula, as the line of sonification moves left to right, with vertical position
The Largest Star in the Universe – size comparison
What is the largest star in the Universe? And why is it that large? And what are stars anyway?