When we look up at the stars, we aren't seeing close-up details because they're so far away. To the unaided eye, stars look like tiny pinpricks of light in the night sky. Stars up close, including ...

Reflecting telescopes, like NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, produce “diffraction spikes” when they are used to image bright objects like stars. JWST’s unique design means that it has ...

Exotic stars may be scattered throughout the cosmos, from boson stars that could look like black holes to dark stars that might be powered by dark matter. Close. Advertisement.