Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have led an international team in the discovery of a rare new planet, which is ...

At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star’s chromosphere brightens.

Jupiter-like planet 8 UMi b, named Halla, orbits its host red giant star Baekdu closely. The red giant's merger with a white ...

A giant planet circling a dead star should not be there. That was the puzzle hanging over WD 1856 b ever since astronomers ...

The Gaia mission has allowed researchers to understand the motions of stars like never before, even revealing possible interactions between our solar system and nearby stars. Planetary Science ...

Discovered in 2013, the Pink Planet orbits a sun-like star located 57 light-years from Earth. At roughly 25 times the mass of ...

A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should ...

In space, planets are supposed to orbit their stars in roughly the same direction that the star itself spins. It is a rule ...

The orbits of a seven-planet system discovered in Kepler Space Telescope data has been sonified. Credit: Bishop’s University ...

The planet should not have survived the star's red giant phase—which sees a star balloon to more than 100 times its original ...

The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than ...