Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...
O'Grady and her colleagues found no sign of X-rays in the Chandra data. Even assuming that the wind gusting out of Betelgeuse ...
"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star opened the door to exploring this profound ...
New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar system. Can life survive in the solar system once the sun dies and becomes a ...
The most intriguing question is what will happen to life in our solar system after the sun dies. The sun will become a red giant and wipe out Earth in roughly 4.5 billion years. The cold moons of the ...