Science reveals fate of Earth after our sun dies
By Stephen Beech Earth will be destroyed when our sun dies – around 5 billion years from now,…
‘The fate of Earth depends on a delicate balance’: Our planet may survive the death of the sun after all, n…
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This Signal Haunted Astronomers for 160 Years. Then a New Clue Appeared—and It May Have Solved the Mystery.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Gamma Cassiopeiae, the central star of the W-shaped Cassiopeiae…
Astronomers Caught a Record-Breaking Stellar Explosion on Camera and It Looks Nothing Like They Expected
An artistic impression of Nova V1674 Herculis. Credit: CHARA Array Astronomers pictured novae—the violent explosions that occur on…
This Star Is Being Eaten Alive—and Its Explosive Death Will Be Visible in Broad Daylight
A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted…
Scientists Say They Can’t Explain the Signal They Just Detected From Beyond Our Galaxy
Gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing as much energy in…
Could Alien Worlds Thrive Around Dead Stars?
White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like…
Unexplainable radio signal defying laws of universe has no clear source. ‘It is a unicorn’
Scientists are baffled by a strange radio signal picked up by the most advanced radio telescopes that defies…