It’s “common knowledge”—and the scare quotes should be a warning—that the sun is an average star.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A brilliant “star” rising in the eastern sky after sunset ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What is the bright white star in the east right now?

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Homeowners in New York are supposed to see more money in their pockets this summer and fall as the state’s school tax relief program, STAR, rolls out its second phase of ...

As of 2025, astronomers have identified at least 14 stars within 10 light-years of the Sun. After the Alpha Centauri system, the next closest is Barnard’s Star, a solo red dwarf roughly 6 light-years ...

For decades, astronomers have been watching WOH G64, an enormous heavyweight star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. This star is more ...

The end of a star’s life can be an extremely violent event. Once it runs out of fuel, its core collapses, and if its original mass is large enough, it can erupt in a supernova, a runaway nuclear ...