The star is ultrabright, blue, and super hot because it consumes its fuel incredibly fast. Our Sun loses 4 million tons of itself per second, but Alnitak weighs 200 million tons less each second.

“It’s really the companion star that helped us determine where the blue straggler comes from,” said Geller. “The companion stars orbit at periods of about 1,000 days, and we have evidence ...

A new 527-megapixel image captures two open star clusters, NGC 456 and NGC 460, orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. The image uses ...

As a blue star nears the end of the hydrogen-burning phase, ... Astronomy, January 2019. Deborah Byrd, "Spica, bright beacon of Virgo, is 2 stars", EarthSky, July 2021.

The lurker is a member of the open cluster M67, also known as the "King Cobra Cluster." This 4 billion-year-old group of 500 stars, located 2,800 light-years away, is loosely bound by gravity.

Lurking bright blue star caught: The last piece of a supernova puzzle. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 09 / 140911094713.htm ...

Discovery of a Possibly Single Blue Supergiant Star in the Intra-cluster Region of Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal , 2013; 767 (2): L29 DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/767/2/L29 Cite ...

The most recent blue moon of its kind occurred on Oct. 31, 2020, and another one will not occur until May 31, 2026. Despite the nickname, the "super blue moon" on Aug. 30 will look like many other ...

More information: Charles L. Steinhardt, Do Red Galaxies Form More Stars than Blue Galaxies?, The Astrophysical Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adb95b Provided by University of Missouri ...

Despite appearing "dead"—i.e., forming no new stars—some red galaxies may secretly be alive, quietly birthing small stars under our noses. This is the conclusion of astronomy professor Charles ...

As Wednesday nights go, tonight stands to be special. The sun will set just before 8, and a full, super blue moon will rise that will command a second look. The weather forecast is favorable, too ...

A U.K. space startup has revealed plans to launch its first satellite as part of SpaceX's rideshare program, ushering in what it claims will be a "new era of space research," where astronomy data ...