How do we know the gravity of a single star?
Naming Day
The International Astronomical Union has added 86 stars to the list of official names.
A Tale Of Three Cities
Stars are known to form in large nebulae known as stellar nurseries. Now there’s evidence they also form in multiple waves.
A Young Star System Holds Clues About The History Of Our Own
Just 10 light years away, Epsilon Eridani is a young star system that tells us how our own solar system may have formed.
Millions In Motion
We can now observe the motions of millions of stars through the sky.
One Ring To Bind Them
The binary star system SDSS 1557 has a rocky asteroid belt, which could hold clues to the formation of Earth-like planets.
All In The Family
Stars aren’t living things, but like living things they have a family tree with common origins.
And Proxima Makes Three
Astronomers have confirmed that Proxima Centauri is part of the Alpha Centauri system
Encyclopedia Galactica
The Gaia mission has released initial data on more than a billion stars in our galaxy.