A giant planet is orbiting the remnants of an exploded star – called a white dwarf – 1200 light years away from Earth. The discovery is the first time an entire planet has been found orbiting a white ...

In a first, the alien planet hunting telescope Kepler has seen a bright flash of a shockwave sent out by an exploding star at the end of its life. The shockwave was propelled out into the universe by ...

If a star were to explode near Earth, the effects could be catastrophic. The intense radiation, shockwaves, and cosmic debris from a supernova would pose a grave threat to life, disrupting the ...