Mu Cephei is a faint star in a dim constellation, but looks can be deceiving. This nondescript star is beautifully colored, historically interesting and one of the largest stars ever found. Mu Cephei ...

Autumn brings the gentle glow of the Milky Way high overhead. To the west, it arises from the stars of Cygnus, while to the east, it flows toward Cassiopeia. In between those two dominant ...

To measure distances in the Universe, astronomers use Cepheids, a family of variable stars whose luminosity varies with time. Their role as distance calibrators has brought them attention from ...

One of the largest known stars, UY Scuti is a red supergiant with a radius 1,700 times that of the Sun, located 9,500 light-years away. Known as “Herschel’s Garnet Star” due to its red hue, Mu Cephei ...