SYFY WIRE Stars Big, bright, massive stars were more common when the Universe was young New study shows big beasts are more rare nowadays. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Newly discovered star takes just four years to orbit Sgr A*, our local supermassive black hole The star S4716 has the shortest known orbital period around Sgr A*. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Unseen planets kick a ring of debris off-kilter around a nearby star We may be seeing what the Sun was like when it was a rebellious teen. By Phil Plait 1 year ago A huge star forming in the galactic center had a close encounter with another star Nosy neighbor induces spirals in a newly forming star’s disk. By Phil Plait 1 year ago A weird four-star system may lead the way to catastrophic supernovae Colliding stars in a quaternary system could explode. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Stellar hypoxia may help make more massive black holes Lower oxygen in a star may explain two cosmic mysteries at once. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Exocomets swarm around an alien star… yet seem oddly familiar Comets around another star look a lot like local ones. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Otherworldly blue lights in space are no longer shrouded in mystery There are things weirder than aliens out there. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago Zombie parasite stars are eating other stars alive It's a star-eat-star universe out there. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Hubble looks at a planet where vaporized rock may rain out as molten rock at night Better pack a titanium umbrella. By Phil Plait 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 5
Big, bright, massive stars were more common when the Universe was young New study shows big beasts are more rare nowadays. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Newly discovered star takes just four years to orbit Sgr A*, our local supermassive black hole The star S4716 has the shortest known orbital period around Sgr A*. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Unseen planets kick a ring of debris off-kilter around a nearby star We may be seeing what the Sun was like when it was a rebellious teen. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A huge star forming in the galactic center had a close encounter with another star Nosy neighbor induces spirals in a newly forming star’s disk. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A weird four-star system may lead the way to catastrophic supernovae Colliding stars in a quaternary system could explode. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Stellar hypoxia may help make more massive black holes Lower oxygen in a star may explain two cosmic mysteries at once. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Exocomets swarm around an alien star… yet seem oddly familiar Comets around another star look a lot like local ones. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Otherworldly blue lights in space are no longer shrouded in mystery There are things weirder than aliens out there. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
Zombie parasite stars are eating other stars alive It's a star-eat-star universe out there. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Hubble looks at a planet where vaporized rock may rain out as molten rock at night Better pack a titanium umbrella. By Phil Plait 2 years ago