R Leonis, a variable star in Leo, is currently below naked-eye magnitude, but you can easily find it with binoculars or a ...

Mira was the first variable star ever discovered, aside from a few novas, and today it is considered the prototype of all long-period variable stars. Dutch astronomer David Fabricius assumed Mira ...

helping to form the next generation of stars and planets,” Lucas said. “This was thought to occur mainly in a well-studied type of star called a Mira variable. However, the discovery of a new ...

helping to form the next generation of stars and planets," he said. "This was thought to occur mainly in a well-studied type of star called a Mira variable. "However, the discovery of a new type ...