A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have discovered a planet orbiting a pair of stars at a 90-degree angle. Reminiscent of the fictional planet Tatooine from Star Wars, the ...

Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of them orbit, and now this lopsidedness. It just goes to show that sometimes it ...