Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered two distinct kinds of “rejuvenated” stars in the globular cluster Messier 30. A new study shows that both stellar collisions and a ...

For almost 50 years, astronomers have puzzled over the youthful appearance of stars known as blue stragglers. Blue stragglers are the timeworn Hollywood starlets of the cosmos: They shine brightly, ...

HAMILTON, ON, December 23, 2009–Vampirism not only revives the careers of Hollywood stars, it appears it can also revive stars of a celestial nature. Scientists studying stars in the globular cluster ...

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