Some planets orbit so close to their stars that a single “year” lasts less than a day on Earth. A few of those worlds just ...

Two pairs of ‘rogue’ Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new ...

Astronomers have found some of the strongest evidence yet that stars can swallow their own planets. A new study, published in ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence that tiny red dwarf stars can devour their own planets.

Our sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we've known for a long time ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Space is full of mysteries that can't be easily explained by the layman, and this latest one from a isn't likely to sour anyone on their fascination with space. Scientists from several institutions, ...

Venus and Jupiter will appear strikingly close after sunset on June 9, creating a dazzling planetary conjunction visible ...

The classical picture of star and planet formation suggests that a star’s rotational axis and the orbital planes of its planets should be aligned. However, exoplanetary systems have considerable ...

It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn't in our solar system—it was ...

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple system closest to our own sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the ...