DIAGRAM OF THE DIFFERENT STARS: The Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram of star color and temperature. Courtesy of the European Space Agency and modified by the column author. The color of stars has been noted ...

Stellar color is primarily determined by the star's surface temperature; hotter stars emit more blue light, while cooler stars emit more red light, mirroring the behavior of a propane flame. Stars are ...

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) took a stunning image of the star cluster known as Westerlund 2, located in ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has followed up on observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of the farthest star ever detected in the very distant universe, within the first billion years after ...

Ah, it’s a lovely night for enjoying the outdoors. You go outside in the warm summer air to listen to the crickets and breathe in the scents of verdant life and then turn your head to the heavens. You ...