At this point, the helium will begin fusing into heavier elements along with whatever traces of hydrogen remain in the outer ...

In about six billion years, the Sun, a medium-size yellow star, will have puffed up to about two hundred times its current size. In this phase, our parent star will be known as a Red Giant.

Scientists have discovered that, far in the future, our Sun will go through a massive transformation! Right now, it's a ...

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...

Stardust left behind from the dawn of our solar system has allowed scientists to estimate the Sun took between 10 and 20 million years to form. While there is consensus the Sun formed about 4.6 ...