Stars
Triple star system TIC 290061484
Today could be the day the Blaze Star ignites, and it could become as bright as the North Star
Astronomy explained | What are stars?
What is a star? How does a star form and die? Find out in our guide packed with facts about stars and answers to some of the most commonly-asked questions.
Infrared telescope peers through cosmic dust to create 80-million-pixel view of newborn stars in a cluster
Amazing image shows young stars glowing among the very ingredients from which they formed.
Delta Aurigae
Gallery | Hercules Globular Cluster
M13, the Hercules Globular Cluster, is perhaps the most famous of all globulars.
What do stars look like up close?
What does a star really look like, and how do astronomers know?
Mebsuta
What was the Christmas Star of Bethlehem?
What was the star of Bethlehem? Did it really exist? And could there be an astronomical explanation for the story of the star that guided the Magi?
Astronomers have captured the first ever close-up image of a star beyond our Galaxy
One of the sky's brightest stars has no visible planets around it. Its surrounding disk is "ridiculously smooth."
5 questions about the biggest stars in the cosmos
CHARA observations of Polaris, the North Star
Hubble views stellar duo's destructive dance, firing material into space at 1 million miles per hour
Star Diary Podcast
Star Mirphak in Perseus
Rasalhague, brightest star in Ophiuchus
How do planets survive being torn apart by dying stars?
Not all planets will be devoured when their dying host stars expand. So how do some survive?
Star caught in the act of swallowing a planet whole
A bloated star has been observed giving a dusty belch as it engulfs one of its orbiting planets