Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

In this case, RXJ0528+2838 is orbited by a still-living star similar in size to our sun. In such cases, material from the ...

Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave ...

As stars move through space, they push away material and create a so-called bow shock ahead of them akin to a curved ridge of ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

A dead star 730 light years away appears to be forming a powerful structure around itself — and despite their best efforts, ...

A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a 'baby' galaxy cluster in the early universe surrounded by gas far hotter ...

Researchers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have identified a vibrant, ...

Astronomers have observed a rainbow-shaped bow shock around a nearby dead star, RXJ0528+2838. It is located 731 light-years ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

In this shockwave, a red hue represented hydrogen, green represented nitrogen and blue represented oxygen residing in ...