As the great detective said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ...
According to NASA, the star system consists of a white dwarf and red giant. The stars are close enough that, as the red giant ...
The Serpens Nebula is a prime location for studying the formation of stars and planets. It is approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth.
New research, however, has lifted the lid on where in space these signals could be coming from. One of the pulsating signals was tracked back to its source — a red dwarf, a common star in the ...
After one such explosion blows a star's outer layers into space, the core remains—but it no longer produces nuclear fusion. With no outward pressure from fusion to counterbalance gravity's ...
burning the last of its hydrogen and causing the star's outer layers to expand outward. At this stage, the star becomes a large red giant. Because a red giant is so large, its heat spreads out and ...