Red Giant

What happens when a star engulfs its planets?

Hint: Bad things, to both.

By Phil Plait | 

7 months ago

Zombie parasite stars are eating other stars alive

It's a star-eat-star universe out there. 

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

9 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 | 

9 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 | 

1 year 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 | 

1 year ago

What does a red giant look like up close? REALLY up close?

Pi1 Gruis seen up close and personal.

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

Tiny grains of alien material in meteorites point to origins in other stars

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

First a red giant cooks its planets, then it turns them into mini-stars

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

Measuring the expansion of the Universe: Dying stars may be telling us we're doing it wrong.

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year?

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago