SYFY WIRE Stars 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 year ago The rich get richer: High-mass stars steal planets from smaller stars Simulations show some stars possess purloined planets. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait 1 year ago The first dormant black hole likely found lurking in another galaxy It orbits a monster star but isn't feeding off it. By Phil Plait 1 year ago SYFY WIRE | Page 4
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 year ago
The rich get richer: High-mass stars steal planets from smaller stars Simulations show some stars possess purloined planets. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
The first dormant black hole likely found lurking in another galaxy It orbits a monster star but isn't feeding off it. By Phil Plait 1 year ago