Red dwarf stars are known for sudden, intense bursts of life-killing radiation, and can vary in brightness by as much as 50 percent when they're in the mood.

"The new brown dwarfs are the least massive known brown dwarfs. They place a new constraint on the lowest mass at which brown dwarfs exist." ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

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

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

An unexpected discovery is challenging our accepted understanding of how planets form. Astronomers have spotted a gigantic gas planet orbiting a small red dwarf star, which shouldn’t be possible ...

Small Planet, Small Star by SpaceRef June 2, 2008 July 15, 2024. ... In addition to NSF support, Bennett is also funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The L-dwarf in the study, W1906+40, is thought to be a star based on estimates of its age — the older the L-dwarf, the more likely it is a star. Its temperature is about 3,500° F (1,900° C).

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BERKELEY — In order for a rare, massive star to form inside an interstellar cloud of gas and dust, small “helper” stars about the size of the sun must first set the stage, according to a new ...