Every star you see at night broadcasts its temperature through color, yet one shade sits permanently off the menu. The ...

One of the largest stars close enough for us to estimate its size, WOH G64, appears to have gone from red to yellow in 2013-14, indicating a temperature rise of about 1,000°C (1,800°F). Last year it ...

When we think of color in the night sky, we often think of beautiful images of galaxies and nebulae. Unfortunately, most of the time, their faint, diffuse light shows no color to our human eyes. Stars ...

This is an excellent question! It seems weird, right? The color of stars, or anything that gets really hot, is connected to its temperature. This is because hot objects emit light, which is called ...