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WR 102: The Hottest Star Nearing Supernova Explosion

noor-e-aishaJanuary 18, 2026

WR 102 is a Wolf–Rayet star—one of the most extreme stellar objects known—both extraordinarily luminous and intensely hot. Highly evolved and approaching the final stages of its life, this star is expected to explode as a supernova within the next 1,500 years, a remarkably short timescale in cosmic terms. Located roughly 7,500 light-years from Earth […]

Eta Carinae: The Milky Way’s Most Violent Stellar System

noor-e-aishaJanuary 5, 2026

The Eta Carinae system is one of the most massive and luminous stellar systems in the Milky Way, located approximately 7,500 light-years away within the Carina Nebula. It consists of at least two stars: a highly unstable luminous blue variable (LBV) primary star with an estimated mass exceeding 100 times that of the Sun, and […]

VY Canis Majoris: One of the Largest and Most Luminous Stars

noor-e-aishaDecember 31, 2025

VY Canis Majoris: A Colossal Star in Canis MajorVY Canis Majoris is one of the largest known stars in the galaxy, with a size so immense that if it replaced our Sun, it would engulf Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and reach past Jupiter. Despite its staggering size and luminosity, it appears relatively dim in our […]

Sirius Star System: Brightest Star And Its Fascinating History

noor-e-aishaDecember 29, 2025

Sirius, commonly known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star visible in Earth’s night sky and lies in the constellation Canis Major (“Greater Dog”). Its remarkable brilliance is due to both its high intrinsic luminosity and its close proximity to Earth—just 8.6 light-years away, making it one of our nearest stellar neighbors. What appears […]

Betelgeuse: The Massive Red Supergiant Star Nearing Supernova

noor-e-aishaDecember 28, 2025

Betelgeuse looms in Orion’s shoulder like a dying ember, vast beyond comprehension and trembling at the edge of annihilation. Its bloated surface churns and collapses in slow, cosmic convulsions, so immense that, placed at the heart of our solar system, it would swallow the inner worlds and reach outward past Jupiter’s domain. Across hundreds of […]

How Stars Form, Shine, Evolve, and Shape the Universe

noor-e-aishaDecember 27, 2025

Stars are born within vast clouds of gas and dust known as nebulae. Over time, gravity causes this material to collapse inward until the core becomes hot and dense enough to ignite nuclear fusion. This process converts hydrogen into helium, releasing enormous amounts of energy that power a star for most of its life. Stars […]

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft completed its 60,000th orbit of the Red Planet on June 23, 2015. When Odyssey launched in April 2001 with a goal of better understanding Mars’ environment, the Red Planet was generally thought to be dry, barren world; the mission transformed our understanding, discovering widespread subsurface water ice. Its continuous observations have […]

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

On June 28, 2011, Pluto’s moon Kerberos was discovered by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope, led by senior research scientist Mark Showalter. While the primary goal of the observing program was to identify both potential targets and potential hazards for the then-upcoming New Horizons mission, Kerberos and its fellow moon Styx were also […]

How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange and exciting new object in space. Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be coming from somewhere inside our galaxy. After a […]

Category: Stars

WR 102: The Hottest Star Nearing Supernova Explosion

Eta Carinae: The Milky Way’s Most Violent Stellar System

VY Canis Majoris: One of the Largest and Most Luminous Stars

Sirius Star System: Brightest Star And Its Fascinating History

Betelgeuse: The Massive Red Supergiant Star Nearing Supernova

How Stars Form, Shine, Evolve, and Shape the Universe

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

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How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

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