Astronomers report the rapid transition of WOH G64 from a red supergiant to a yellow hypergiant, based on photometric and spectroscopic observations published in Nature Astronomy.

The star’s surface temperatures had increased by more than 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 Fahrenheit), turning its signature red color to yellow. It also shrank as a result of becoming hotter, going ...

One of our universe's biggest stars has dramatically turned into a rare, yellow 'hypergiant' star, and astronomers aren't sure when it will go supernova.

Observations show that giant star WOH G64 rapidly changed temperature and identity, revealing massive stars evolving in real ...

If you hear the word “superstar,” what immediately comes to mind? Perhaps names like Tom Hanks, Taylor Swift or LeBron James? That’s certainly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the largest stars known in the Universe has done something strange – and scientists are debating what it means. WOH G64, a ...

Star, named WOH G64, is 28 times the mass of the sunIt resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxyThe star was observed evolving from red to yellowWASHINGTON, March 2 — ...

One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be ...