SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Red Giant What happens when a star engulfs its planets? Hint: Bad things, to both. By Phil Plait | 6 days ago Zombie parasite stars are eating other stars alive It's a star-eat-star universe out there. By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 months ago A black hole may be munching on the dying body of a star An undersized red giant may have a dark companion. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Three planets found that are doomed to be eaten by their stars Being near a dying star is bad for a planet. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago Monstrous red giant caught moments before going supernova Some stars may go gently into that good night, but some...don’t. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago What does a red giant look like up close? REALLY up close? Pi1 Gruis seen up close and personal. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago Tiny grains of alien material in meteorites point to origins in other stars By Phil Plait | 8 months ago First a red giant cooks its planets, then it turns them into mini-stars By Phil Plait | 11 months ago Measuring the expansion of the Universe: Dying stars may be telling us we're doing it wrong. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year? By Phil Plait | 12 months ago Load More
Zombie parasite stars are eating other stars alive It's a star-eat-star universe out there. By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 months ago
A black hole may be munching on the dying body of a star An undersized red giant may have a dark companion. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Three planets found that are doomed to be eaten by their stars Being near a dying star is bad for a planet. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
Monstrous red giant caught moments before going supernova Some stars may go gently into that good night, but some...don’t. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
What does a red giant look like up close? REALLY up close? Pi1 Gruis seen up close and personal. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
Tiny grains of alien material in meteorites point to origins in other stars By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
First a red giant cooks its planets, then it turns them into mini-stars By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
Measuring the expansion of the Universe: Dying stars may be telling us we're doing it wrong. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
