Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Staring up at the night sky, you might see thousands of stars sprinkled above the horizon. It feels as though you can see so ...

For many of them, this means exploding in a very dramatic fashion. There are several ways that a star can explode including ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

SBE is an OSI layer 6 presentation for encoding and decoding binary application messages for low-latency ... a gnu Makefile is provided that runs some tests and contains some examples. $ cd gocode # ...

The young protostar T Tauri is about to be eclipsed by a huge disk of gas and dust that could prompt the star to fade or even disappear.

On the ice, the Stars’ system is known for being simple enough that rookies can assimilate easily. But as welcoming as the team is when the rookies arrive, there hasn’t been a wealth of ...

The fundamental challenge in reaching a different star system lies in figuring out how ... of particles of light called photons. Notable examples include laser-powered interstellar ramjets and ...

Emotional tributes have poured in as fans and peers have taken to social media to express their sadness over the passing of international stars of TV, film, and music, who have died so far in 2025.