Betelgeuse has a companion star, Siwarha. Astronomers confirm the dying red giant isn't alone. Here's what it means

Betelgeuse's companion star discovered explained its variable brightness. Astronomers have confirmed Betelgeuse, a famous ...
Astronomy

How can a young blue giant have a white dwarf companion star that’s billions of years older?

This is a great question. It hinges on the fact that while we often say that white dwarfs are the remnants of Sun-like stars, the term Sun-like in this case is admittedly a bit of an ...
The New York Times

Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease named American League starter for All-Star Game

Dylan Cease will be the first Blue Jays pitcher to start in the All-Star Game since Roy Halladay in 2009. Derrick Tuskan / Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Blue Jays coaches wheeled a massive whiteboard ...
Phys.org

Photo: Hubble sees crimson cloud and stars

Blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a crimson background of glowing gas in this July 3, 2026, image of stellar nursery LH 95 from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. LH 95 is a region in the ...
Yahoo! Sports

Here's How Toronto Blue Jays Stars Figure into All-Star Game Starting Lineup

After Monday night's Home Dun Derby kicks off All-Star Week, the American League will play the National League in this year's iteration of the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET. The game ...
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Betelgeuse’s final breath - the giant star waiting to explode

Betelgeuse is a dying red supergiant, and one day its final explosion could light up Earth’s sky. This story explores what is happening inside the star and why its last breath could become one of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Giant Planet May Have Survived the Death of Its Star. The James Webb Space Telescope Just Found Its Atmosphere

When astronomers discovered the planet WD 1856 b in 2020, the gas giant seemed to defy their expectations of what happens to objects orbiting a dead star. The Jupiter-sized planet circles a white ...
autoevolution

Planet Seven Times Larger Than Its Star Survived a Sun’s Red Giant Phase

Like pretty much everything else in this Universe of ours, stars die, too. When they go, they make a spectacle of themselves and go with a bang, swelling into red giants that swallow everything in ...
Ars Technica

A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star’s death

WD 1856 b is the only confirmed case of a planet that survived the death of a Sun-like star. It’s a Jupiter-size world orbiting a white dwarf—the burned-out remnant of a Sun-like star. Now, a team of ...
Gizmodo

A Missing Black Hole Was Found Hiding in a Giant Star Cluster. Astronomers Think There Could Be Thousands More

Astronomers charted a star’s path over 20 years as it circled an invisible object that was rather hefty. The mysterious object was found to be a stellar-mass black hole, one of 10,000 that may be ...
Stars and Stripes

No reprimands after safety review of Blue Angels flyover at Florida beach

A Navy review of the circumstances behind a stunningly low Blue Angels flyover at a crowded Florida beach this week resulted in no reprimands. “Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No ...