Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of the Cepheid variable star RS Puppis. An image of the Cepheid variable star RS Puppis. The most accurate observation to ...
Greetings stargazers. Occasionally, the calendar aligns so that I get to complain about daylight saving time in this column on the same weekend it goes into effect. I need to take the chance to do ...
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A new study has estimated the universe’s possible age by using precise data on stars.
Using ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers have conducted X-ray observations of a peculiar Cepheid variable star known as V473 Lyr. Results of the study suggest that this star has a young, ...
Comparison of simulation of three main star forming episodes in the spiral arms with the currently observed Cepheid variables. Oldest stars (red) are 400 million years old and the youngest (blue) are ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...