"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of its imminent, violent end." ...

Betelgeuse has a companion star! This revelation was surprising; there had been speculation about the existence of a companion star because Betelgeuse's brightness has shown periodic variations—one ...

High in the Milky Way, a dying giant has thrown astronomers a cosmic curveball. A star known as DFK 52, sitting in the ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...