Our initial name ‘dark star’ is a misnomer,” Katherine Freese explained, highlighting the contradiction at the core of one of ...

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The footage offers an unprecedentedly colorful look at the extreme physics at play—revealing valuable information for ...

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New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion ...

Galaxies come into view through the Hubble Space Telescope. Different things happen depending on the mass of the star. Stars below eight solar masses never reach carbon-burning temperature. They ...

Astronomers using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi Island have identified a rare, ancient ...

The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion—by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer ...

At about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit and 340 billion atmospheres, hydrogen fusion fuels our sun. Fusion pushes two hydrogen atoms together to form helium, releasing stupendous energy. It’s the ...

UY Scuti is identified as the largest known star, approximately 1700 times the Sun's width, and is classified as a variable red supergiant exhibiting pulsations. RMC 136a1 is designated as the most ...

When you look up at the night sky, do you ever wonder where all those stars came from? Brainstorm’s Neya Thanikachalam spoke to the experts to find out. JEFF ANDREWS: Then when you look at a telescope ...