A BRIGHT star situated close to the Moon has got people talking. So what is this star and why is it so bright? Here we explain… What is the star by the Moon? The bright light that stargazers … ...

Reading the Weather Using the Sun, Moon and Stars. News. By Astronomer, Joe Rao published 26 April 2011 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

When the two white dwarfs merged, they combined to form a new star, about 1.35 times the mass of our sun, the most massive of its kind ever found.