Publications of the Astronomical Society... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Vol. 114, No. 794, April 2002 Red Giant Branch Stars: The Theoretical ... Red Giant Branch Stars: ...

Facts about the red giant star and where to find it are explained by Space.com's Chelsea Gohd. [Betelgeuse: The Eventual Supernova] Credit: Space.com / produced & edited by Steve / Chelsea Gohd / Judi ...

around a hundred red giant stars—some of the oldest stars in our galaxy—some of which appear to pre-date the Milky Way's collision with another small galaxy called the Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage.

Artist’s impression of a cloud of smoke and dust being thrown out by a red giant star. Seen from the left the star remains bright but if viewed from the right it fades to invisibility.

Turning to the skies, technetium was detected in some so-called red giant stars as long ago as 1952, but not in our own Sun, a fact that has had a significant role in confirming the view that the ...

The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the pair isn’t visible this evening, as they’ll rise in the early-morning sky, so we’ll feature them ...

At this stage, the star becomes a large red giant. Because a red giant is so large, its heat spreads out and the surface temperatures are predominantly cool, but its core remains red-hot.

The fading summer leaves us more hours of darkness to enjoy the stars, which is nice for finding some of the less obvious treasures of the night sky. Jupiter rises in the east about two and a half ...

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...