Stevenson 218 is the largest known star in the universe, located about 18,900 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum and far surpassing even the sun in size and brightness. So immense that it ...

Not all stars are created equally. Astronomers believe that the first stars to form after the Big Bang were mostly made of ...

The most ‘pristine’ star in the universe discovered by astronomers - Red giant star J0715-7334 is 20,000 times purer than the ...

A star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud is remarkably unpolluted by heavier elements, suggesting it is descended from the ...