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Astronomers Discover Coldest Star Ever [VIDEO]

Cosmic Census Finds Crowd of Planets in Our Galaxy

WASHINGTON -- Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way. At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist. The numbers were extrapolated from the early...

Astronomers: Small Stars Can Produce a Big Wallop

Astronomers studying the stars of the galaxy have found that just because a star is small doesn't mean it won't get nasty. Scientists studying the night sky with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that red dwarf stars can unleash huge eruptions with the force of more than 100 million atomic bombs. These huge...

Fans Bid for Red Carpet Seats at SAG Awards

(Jan. 4) -- Awards season in Hollywood is right around the corner, but instead of watching the action from your couch this year, you could catch your favorite stars in the flesh -- front and center. Now through Monday, film and television fanatics can bid for bleacher seats along the red carpet of the 17th annual Screen...

Celebrity Apocalypse: Stars Who Fear the End of the World

With celebrity drug scandals and Hollywood sex scandals, 2010 certainly seemed like the end of the world for some stars. But other celebs say this is just the beginning -- of the end. From taste-making musicians like M.I.A. to Hollywood heartthrobs like Ashton Kutcher, a number of stars appear to be preparing for the...

Background on Stars

A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter.

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