Solar winds gusted from a red giant’s outer layers began feeding its companion, a tiny neutron star, essentially rejuvenating it. ESA. There’s some adage out there about helping out your ...

The star, called V Hydrae, located some 1,300 light-years from Earth, is a so-called asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star. That is a star which has reached the final stage of its red giant phase of ...

Red giant star gives a surprising glimpse of the sun's future. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 11 / 171107092830.htm ...

ESA's Integral space observatory has seen a red giant star revive its dead neighbor. An X-ray flare detected on August 13, 2017 prompted observations that revealed a once dead, slow-spinning ...

Astronomers have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System -- an aging red giant. This remarkable new image reveals the convective ...

For XX Trianguli, which is 630 light-years from Earth, the photocenter of the stellar disk can shift up to 10% of the star's radius relative to its geometric center, causing a displacement of 24 ...

T Corona Borealis, a binary star system in the Northern Crown constellation, is showing signs of an imminent nova eruption. The white dwarf star, which pulls material from its red giant companion ...

Betelgeuse, is suddenly dimming. It may be a sign, astronomers say, that the star is about to explode. Another possibility is the red supergiant may just be going through a phase.

In about five billion years, our own Sun will make the transition from a main-sequence yellow dwarf star, to a red giant, with dramatic implications for Earth. SUBSCRIBE. LOG IN. HOME.

Nation & World News; Red giant star goes supernova — scientists observe it just as it occurs, for the first time ever. Published: ; Jan. 11, 2022, 4:26 p.m.

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in an NASA animation of a nova. The white dwarf explodes after years of stripping the red giant's atmosphere.

Astronomers modeled sunspot activity on a nearby red giant star to learn about its chaotic interior. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...