Astronomers have captured a stunning new view of the surface of an aging red giant star, revealing new clues about what the future may hold for our own sun. The star, known as W Hydrae, is located ...

Starspots are more common among red giant stars than previously thought. Astronomers report that approximately eight percent of red giants exhibit such spots. Although red giants are generally ...

Red giant star gives a surprising glimpse of the sun's future. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 11 / 171107092830.htm ...

"The large-amplitude variations in the brightness of the red giant XX Tri have been observed before, so it was also known that the variations were caused by dark spots, coming in and out view as ...

The photos are in, and they are out of this world. NASA scientists and space junkies on Wednesday got a front-row-seat look at Jupiter's Giant Red Spot, a mysterious area that has mesmerized ...

Take Europa, for example. It's an icy world today and will stay that way for a long time. However, when the sun enters the red giant phase of its evolution in about 12 billion years, researchers ...

Astronomers have captured a stunning new view of the surface of an aging red giant star, revealing new clues about what the future may hold for our own sun. The star, known as W Hydrae, is located ...

The Sun Giant 'senior citizen' sunspot on 3rd trip around the sun could break a century-old record. ... An artist's visualization of some of the spots on red giant XX Trianguli.

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the expanding sun will turn the inner planets into cinders. It will almost ...

These spots are even larger than the entire surface of our sun — which is why XX Tri has been dubbed "the most spotted star in the sky," Kővári said. Related Stories: ...

These spots are even larger than the entire surface of our sun — which is why XX Tri has been dubbed "the most spotted star in the sky," Kővári said. Get the Space.com Newsletter ...