Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still searching for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

Not long after, it will undergo gravitational collapse and blow off its outer layers, leaving behind a dense remnant known as ...

It is a question that feels like it should have a straightforward answer: how many planets are there in our solar system? Since Pluto was relegated back down to dwarf planet status, almost everyone ...

A nearby star has just been caught throwing a tantrum – and it could rewrite what we know about the potential for life in the ...

An international team of astronomers led by Dutch and French researchers was the first to observe plasma ejections and solar ...

An international team of scientists confirmed the first record of a plasma ejection from a red dwarf star outside the solar ...

LOFAR data revealed a powerful explosion from a red dwarf 133 light-years away, capable of affecting nearby planets.

Astronomers have discovered a fascinating new object orbiting a small red star not far from Earth — a brown dwarf with powerful storms and cloudy weather patterns. The discovery, made with the help of ...