You are watching a long-held idea in stellar physics face serious scrutiny. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, ...

Just a few hundred light years from Earth, a swollen red giant is quietly forcing astronomers to rethink how stars seed the galaxy with the raw materials for planets and life. New observations of the ...

The intense winds of giant stars, which carry the essential elements for life throughout the galaxy, are not solely driven by ...

Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That’s ...

Hidden star found orbiting a bloated red giant, Pi1 Gruis, offering a rare glimpse into how close companions shape dying ...

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

"We expected to see this effect, but we were still surprised by just how efficient these stars seem to be at engulfing their close planets." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...