Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

For those eager to witness this rare phenomenon, the constellation Corona Borealis is well-positioned for observation from ...

“It’s never more than about 10 degrees above the horizon,” Lattis said. He shared a useful tip to judge that: If you hold out ...

The other is a red giant, a previous stage of stellar evolution in which a dying star with an expanding radius and diminishing ... another way to track it down is to draw a straight line from Arcturus ...

Celestial fireworks: How a white dwarf and a red giant can create it NOVA ... This tiny little semicircular arc lies somewhere in-between the bright Arcturus star and the constellation of Hercules.

Over the decades, the red giant transfers material to the ... and follow the curve of its handle down to Arcturus, the brightest star in the neighbouring constellation Bootes.

An Earth-sized star called a white dwarf (the dense remnants of an exploded sun-like star) is ripping gas away from a nearby red supergiant ... Northern Hemisphere — Arcturus and Vega ...

Flaxen grasses dust black and red volcanic gravel ... can peer through a tunnel at the star Arcturus, which Turrell explains is “pretty much at the centre of our galaxy”.