Latest about stars
Could a star ever become a planet?
Most scientists say a star can never become a planet, but the boundaries between these stellar objects can sometimes be murky.
A black hole 'assassin' ripped a star to shreds and left its guts strewn about the galaxy
Astronomers studied the remains of a massive star ripped apart by a black hole in an epic astro-forensic murder investigation.
Why do some stars fail to ignite?
Also known as "failed stars," brown dwarfs are celestial bodies that sit on the boundary between gas giant planets and tiny stars.
'Wrinkle in space-time' enables James Webb to capture stunning image of most distant star ever detected
The ancient star Earendel is more than twice as hot as the sun and around a million times brighter, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest.
Listen to a star 'twinkle' in world-first audio simulation
Scientists recreated the eerie twinkle of a star in an attempt to map the cosmic furnace's inner workings.
Ultrabright stellar object is shining beyond the 'death line,' and no one can explain it
A slowly rotating, ultrabright object 15,000 light-years from Earth defies every logical explanation that astronomers have thrown at it.
Hundreds of 'ghost stars' haunt the Milky Way's center. Scientists may finally know why.
Ghostly nebulas created by exploding stars appear to align in the Milky Way's bulging center. Astronomers may finally know why.
Tiny, 'ultracool' star emits surprising radio signals that it should not be capable of producing
The brown dwarf, which is colder than a typical campfire, produces regular radio wave pulses despite having a magnetic field that, in theory, should be too weak to create them.
