The star blinked once—just a flash in the sky above Palomar Observatory in 2020. To most, it was another transient burst in ...

Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they've made the first detection of a star swallowing a planet — ...

A sudden flash of light in 2020 caught the attention of astronomers scanning the sky. That brief signal, spotted by Caltech’s ...

Based on the data at the time, they believed the planet met its doom as the star puffed up late in its lifespan, becoming what is called a red giant. New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a star that wreaked violence on its planet ...

Stargazers watched the skies with bated breath on Thursday night in hopes that T Coronae Borealis, a system consisting of a hot, red giant star and a cool, white dwarf star about 3,000 light-years ...

It’s by far the brightest evening star in the east this spring. You’ll notice that it has an orange glow to it. That’s because it’s considered a red giant star, a bloated star nearing the ...

The stars expand and can engulf nearby planets, effectively incinerating them. In approximately five billion years, Earth’s own sun will turn into a red giant and engulf planets, including our ...

One is a white dwarf star, dead and shriveled, about the size of Earth. The other is an ancient red giant star that’s slowly being devoured by the smaller star. According to NASA, during a nova ...