Just 548 light years from Earth, this massive red supergiant nearly 1,000 times larger than our Sun is about to explode

Astronomers have discovered Betelgeuse harbors a hidden stellar companion. This finding complicates predictions about its ...
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Stars Like Our Sun Explode With ‘Superflares’ Every 100 Years, Study Suggests

Earlier this year, Earth experienced two geomagnetic storms caused by outbursts of radiation from the Sun, which had an impact on satellites in space and communication systems on the ground. As it ...

Astronomers caught the first sign of a star 30 times more massive than the Sun exploding, then tracked its supernova for nearly three months

In March, a brief flash of X-rays lit up the sky in a distant galaxy. It lasted only moments, but it carried a profound ...
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Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years

High-energy, powerful, and violent stellar explosions called "superflares" have been found to erupt from stars like the sun roughly once every 100 years, making these blasts far more common than ...