MIT astronomers estimate a planet 140 light-years from Earth may disintegrate fully within the next 1 to 2 million years.

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

At such close proximity to its star, the planet is likely covered in magma boiling off into space. As the roasting planet ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

By Alimat Aliyeva American scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have uncovered a rare and dr ...

About 5,800 planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, have been discovered since the 1990s. Of those, only four ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...