stars

Some stars survived—but others were completely destroyed in the virtual encounter.

Galaxies millions of light years away show what could happen between the Milky Way and its neighbor, Andromeda.

A solar system that looks like ours … after Earth gets destroyed.

Strange radio signals from red dwarfs could be the start of a whole new way to look for exoplanets.

It won't go quietly into the night.

Binary star mergers could cause explosive stellar deaths.

They could help astronomers break down the category of objects known as brown dwarfs.

All astronomers need is a flickering disk.

Plus other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

They found the dimmer switch.