"Throwing a close companion into the mix could possibly wreak further havoc on the already complicated processes surrounding these stars." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have listened to the cosmic song a red giant star croons to its black hole companion. The song, related to the starquake studied ...

When stars like our sun age and enter their "red giant" phase, they may be far more dangerous to their planets than scientists had realised. Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have uncovered the turbulent past of a distant red giant by listening to its celestial "song." Subtle variations in the star's ...

"We expected to see this effect, but we were still surprised by just how efficient these stars seem to be at engulfing their close planets." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...