Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

Our sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its diameter expands more than a hundredfold, engulfing any unlucky planets in ...

The Sun makes Earth habitable, governs its climate and drives a variety of natural phenomena through its variable magnetism. Indeed, all planets in and outside the Solar System exist under the ...

New research tracks young planets around a nearby star, showing how large, gas-rich worlds shrink over time to become the most common planets in the galaxy ...

One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

A sampling of aging Sun-like stars demonstrates that they likely eat their closest planets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This ...