Planets, stars or something entirely different? We take a look to see what brown dwarfs are

Planets, stars or something entirely different? We take a look to see what brown dwarfs are
Astronomers have obtained the first detailed face-on view of a gaseous disc feeding the growth of a massive baby star
We find out what happens when a star uses up all of its fuel
We investigate why this is the case
We find out if these beautiful structures are made by the titanic explosion of massive stars
We have the answer to this intriguing question
Meet the future technology that could harness power and energy from a star in the most unusual way
We’re able to detect them but is it possible to figure out the colours of the distant worlds we find?
We find out the type of route a comet takes through the solar neighbourhood
Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, the car-sized spacecraft launched from Florida to begin its journey
If we could hear in space, how far from a star would we need to be to hear it?
We zoom in on the famous nebula to find out
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has imaged the intricate and energetic features within the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
Supernovae traditionally occur once at the end of a star’s life, but this particular star has exhibited multiple supernovae over the last three years
The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star
“Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we have discovered the first example of a planet that seems to be causing a heartbeat-like behaviour in its host star”
New clues to understanding how dust can find its way to the surface of a forming star have been uncovered
Researchers who were previously involved in the discovery of a ringed alien world have now calculated that the giant rings may persist more than 100,000 years
Earth completely eclipsed the Sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s perspective just as the Moon began its journey across the face of our star
The findings may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a Solar System’s architecture