When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's visualization of some of the spots on red giant XX Trianguli. | Credit: Viktor Varga ...

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 ...

This very active red giant star ejects bullet-like clumps of plasma toward its poles every 8.5 years, and it also has coughed out six large rings in its equatorial plane over the last 2,100 years.

The dominant theory of planetary nebula formation previously involved only a single star – the red giant itself. With only a weak gravitational hold on its outer layers, it sheds mass very ...

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers have been watching a small constellation ...

Stars with companions lose mass about six to 10 times faster than those without, Decin estimates because it’s much more efficient for a companion star to pull off a red giant’s shell than for ...

This red giant star has starspots larger than the entire sun. Conor Feehly. Mon, December 16, ... Viktor Varga & Ádám Radványi (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest) ...

This red giant star has starspots larger than the entire sun. News. By Conor Feehly published 30 December 2024 ... (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest)) Sunspots, ...