The universe is filled with extraordinary wonders, and among the most awe-inspiring are the truly gigantic stars that dwarf ...

This artist’s impression shows the red supergiant Antares, a dying star 12 times more massive than the sun that lies in the constellation of Scorpius. (Image credit: M. Kornmesser/ESO) ...

Antares, prominent on summer nights (Northern Hemisphere, that is; ... Scorpius is one of 13 constellations along the ecliptic, the apparent path the sun traces as the Earth circles the sun.

The temperature of Antares’ chromosphere, on the other hand, is much lower than the Sun’s. Observations in radio light revealed that the area only peaks at about 6,300 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Antares is just 15 million years old with maybe a million years of life left, while the sun's age is 4.6 billion years (375 times older). In human terms it's middle-aged with half a lifetime left ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth. advertisement. ... Antares boasts a diameter 700 times greater than our sun and is known to shine roughly 10,000 times brighter.

The red giant Antares, the fiery heart of Scorpio the Scorpion, blazes low in the southeast sky. Antares is a giant 10 times as massive and 700 times larger than our own sun, but, Antares is dying.

The exact moment of full moon occurs at 3:44 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0744 UTC), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.The moon's occultation of Antares won't be visible from New York. North ...

The Moon passes 0.3° south of Antares in the constellation Scorpius at 1 A.M. EDT. The pair is high in the southern sky at this time, particularly for observers in the eastern half of the U.S ...