Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that ...

Astronomers have found a rare form of methanol, a type of alcohol, in a planet-forming disk, providing a critical step in ...

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic ...

A passing star has been discovered that could cause chaos in the Solar System, sending Earth flying out of orbit.

But this assumes that nothing affects the Solar System in the meantime, and that is not a certainty. As we travel around the ...

Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of our sun. Like many small stars ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

For decades it was thought that water was prevalent in the outer reaches of the Solar System early in its history, with ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.