The Stars

Look up into the sky during the day and you will see the glowing disk that is our Sun, the closest star to Earth. Look up into that same sky at night...

While it looks at times like you could reach up into the sky and pluck down the Sun, that giant flaming ball of gas that is our neighborhood star is...

In 1910 a the beginnings of the understanding of stellar evolution was attained when a Danish chemist and an American astronomer collaborated in the...

A small plaque, made of gold, upon which is attached a message from humanity to any intelligent being that may encounter. It is the pioneer plaque,...

Through advancing science mankind has become able to look beyond the reaches of its own galaxy and, following spectral signatures, observe the birth...

When measuring a lifespan in millions, billions and even hundreds of billions of years, it may not seem likely, but stars do die. Eventually they...

The galaxy that is home to the Earth itself is known as the Milky Way, an immense banded spiral in space that, when observed from afar, appears to be...

Our closest star, the Sun, provides just the right amount of heat and light energy to provide life on our planet, and it is considred an “average”...

The stargazer stepped out his front door and into the street, tilting his head up in the night air to get a better view of the winter sky. He quickly...

In the popular movie and comic book “The Fantastic Four” the heroes have incredible powers granted them by exposure to cosmic rays. As their leader,...

A star, at its most basic, is a burning ball of gas. A very, very large, hot, massive burning ball of gas. Our closest example is, of course, the...