Technically, the sun is a G-type main-sequence star — specifically, a G2V star. The "V" indicates that it is a dwarf, Tony ...

How many suns exist in the Milky Way depends on what your definition of a sun. According to astronomers, our sun is considered a main-sequence G star. To know how many suns are in the Milky Way, ...

Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit around both stars — a first in astronomy. The system’s compact, cold nature ...

A planet orbiting two suns has been imaged - a rare achievement made even more striking by how closely the world hugs its stellar pair. The newly confirmed exoplanet circles its twin stars at a ...

"It’s kind of a jigsaw puzzle where all the different pieces are moving." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion-powered suns, but enormous “supermassive dark stars” powered by dark ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30 times the mass of our Sun—to pieces. Scientists propose this is what happened around the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 years. When it explodes, it could be visible to the naked eye even in sunlit ...