SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Stars Lost ancient Greek star map discovered hiding in religious text Where's the second star to the right? By Cassidy Ward | 3 weeks ago A dying star produced the most powerful cosmic blast we've ever seen When massive stars die, they don't go quietly into the night. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago The rich get richer: High-mass stars steal planets from smaller stars Simulations show some stars possess purloined planets. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Astronomers find a torched super-Earth on a ONE DAY orbit around its star We’ve found the last planet in the galaxy you'd want to live on. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Astronomers find the nearest black hole to Earth, and it has a Sun-like companion star At 1,570 light-years away it's three times closer than the previous record holder. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Betelgeuse aftermath: Still recovering from blowing its stack The interior of the red supergiant is still sloshing around after a massive dusty belch. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Over time, some stars get uncomfortably close to the Sun Several stars in the recent past have given us a cosmically close shave. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Load More
Lost ancient Greek star map discovered hiding in religious text Where's the second star to the right? By Cassidy Ward | 3 weeks ago
A dying star produced the most powerful cosmic blast we've ever seen When massive stars die, they don't go quietly into the night. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago
The rich get richer: High-mass stars steal planets from smaller stars Simulations show some stars possess purloined planets. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Astronomers find a torched super-Earth on a ONE DAY orbit around its star We’ve found the last planet in the galaxy you'd want to live on. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Astronomers find the nearest black hole to Earth, and it has a Sun-like companion star At 1,570 light-years away it's three times closer than the previous record holder. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Betelgeuse aftermath: Still recovering from blowing its stack The interior of the red supergiant is still sloshing around after a massive dusty belch. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Over time, some stars get uncomfortably close to the Sun Several stars in the recent past have given us a cosmically close shave. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
