According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...

A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

NASA says this white dwarf was 'particularly destructive' and may have engulfed a nearby planet. A statement from the space ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

At a famous 1950 lunch among physicists, Enrico Fermi wondered, "Where are all the aliens?" How far have we come toward ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star — one of our closest stellar neighbors — ...

A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...

Right after launching, a bunch of satellites heading to join the megaconstellation looks like a string of moving stars going up in the sky. Within a week or so, they reach a higher elevation and are ...

Friday marks the beginning of a new era in the skies over much of Canada. A new satellite called GOES-19 will go into ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars ...