But what about the biggest star in the universe? You're going to need more than just a telescope to get a glimpse of this ...

Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.

The largest survey of our universe ever conducted suggests that it closely matches the model most favored by cosmologists. It ...

The Milky Way still holds many secrets about the universe. Now ... The neutron star in question is only 12 km across but has a mass 1.4 times greater than the Sun's. It is located 26,000 light ...

Among the largest known stars previously known were the Pistol Star, between 80 and 150 solar masses, and Eta Carinae, around 100 solar masses. The Pistol Star radiates as much energy in 20 ...

"If future observations confirm this, the 4U 1820-30 neutron star would be one of the fastest-spinning objects ever observed in the universe ... star is only 12 km across but has a mass 1.4 ...