The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a rare "blue lurker" star that has been feeding on material from its two conjoined siblings. The fast-spinning star provides a detailed look at the ...

The blue lurker is spinning much faster than expected, an unusual behavior that led to its identification. Otherwise, it looks like a normal sun-like star.

What can fast-spinning stars known as “blue lurkers” teach us about star formation and evolution? This is what a recent study being presented at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting hopes ...

The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open ...

A massive white dwarf and a sun-like "blue lurker" star tell a remarkable story of what was once a triple-star system in the M67 cluster.

Evolution of a "Blue Lurker" Star in a Triple System Panel 1: A triple star system containing three Sun-like stars. Two are very tightly orbiting. The third star has a much wider orbit ...

The merged star evolves into a giant star. As the huge photosphere expands, some of the material falls onto the outer ...

A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by feeding on its stellar siblings.

The name 'blue lurker' might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open ...

A massive white dwarf and a sun-like "blue lurker" star tell a remarkable story of what was once a triple-star system in the M67 cluster.

The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open ...