The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

Scientists have discovered HIP 67522 b, a planet so close to its star that its orbit disturbs the star’s magnetic field, ...

An unusual x-ray signal from the Helix Nebula, first detected in 19180, could stem from a star destroying a nearby planet. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

Macquarie University astronomers have tracked an extreme planet's orbital decay, confirming it is spiraling toward its star in a cosmic death dance that could end in three possible ways.

The "Death Star" may be popularly known as Darth Sidious and Darth Vader's creation to destroy planets in Astronomers believe that for the first time ever, a star swallowed a planet as it died.

Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...

Just in time for Star Wars Day, astronomers for the first time Wednesday announced the discovery of a "Death Star" destroying a distant planet, a sight that could be a preview of Earth's eventual ...

A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own ...

The Death Star was a major Imperial battle station threatening the galaxy, but did Luke Skywalker know how many people he killed in A New Hope?

In the Andor season one finale, we see the first Death Star (the Empire's answer to nuclear warfare AKA a moon-sized space station with the ability to destroy an entire planet) being constructed ...