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 ...

"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 ...

"As the sun becomes a red giant, the habitable zone will move to around Jupiter and Saturn's orbit, and many of these moons will become ocean planets," Zhang said. "I think, in that case, humanity ...

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 ...

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.

"As the sun becomes a red giant, the habitable zone will move to around Jupiter and Saturn's orbit, and many of these moons will become ocean planets," Zhang said. "I think, in that case, humanity ...

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: ...