Astronomers track bubbles on star's surface in most detailed video yet

For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface.

'comet' Tail of Speeding Star Cluster Solves 100-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle

Terzan 5 star cluster is a copious producer of cosmic rays, because it contains a large population of rapidly rotating, incredibly dense and magnetised millisecond pulsars – which accelerate cosmic rays up to extremely high speeds.

Astronomers Discover A Disc Around A Star In Another Galaxy For The First Time

In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have found a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighbouring ours. It’s the first time such a disc has ever been found outside our galaxy.

We Weighed A Neutron Star To Glimpse The Strange Physics Inside

Neutron stars are some of the most extreme objects in the universe. Formed from the collapsed cores of supergiant stars, they weigh more than our Sun and yet are compressed into a sphere the size of a city.

Astronomers Reveal Stunning Image of Baby Star Coming Into Existence

james Webb Space Telescope continues to revolutionise astronomy - it now shows the birth of a star. The star is named L1527, and at this young age, it's still ensconced in the molecular cloud that spawned it.

Something Strange Appears to Be Powering Stars at the Center of Our Galaxy

Strange thing about our galaxy's nucleus, according to new research: stars that stay young indefinitely by feeding off dark matter particles.

High-precision measurements challenge our understanding of Cepheids

Scientists have clocked the speed of Cepheid stars -- 'standard candles' that help us measure the size of the universe -- with unprecedented precision, offering exciting new insights about them.

Astronomers Discover Slowest-Spinning Radio-Emitting Neutron Star

A neutron star labeled ASKAP J1935+2148 defies rules for neutron stars, emitting radio signals on a comparatively leisurely interval of 53.8 minutes.

Cosmic butterfly that births planets is spotted in space

Astronomers discover the biggest planet-forming disk ever and it resembles a butterfly.

Stunning New Image of Triple-Star System Gleaming in Space

Another amazing image has been released that shows the triple-star system HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3. HP Tau is so young that it hasn't started to fuse hydrogen yet and is only 10 million years old!

Astrophysicists discover a novel method for hunting the first stars

A recent study has discovered a novel method for detecting the first-generations stars, known as Population III (Pop III) stars, which have never been directly detected. 

Astronomers Finally Solve Mystery of Star Violently Erupting For Decades

Most stars in the Milky Way just hang around doing pretty normal star things, but one particular star just will not.

Mysterious Stars at The Heart of The Milky Way Hide a Dark Secret

A study of the stars crashing around in the Milky Way's galactic center suggests that they are much, much older than they appear – and that their youthful good looks are the result of cosmic cannibalism.

Clash of stars solves stellar mystery

Star pairs are typically very similar, but in HD 148937, one star appears younger and is magnetic. New data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) suggest there were originally three stars in the system, until two of them clashed and merged.

Unprecedented behaviour from nearby magnetar

Researchers using CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field.