In a remarkable cosmic event observed on November 2, 2025, scientists had the rare opportunity to witness a dead star annihilating a planet in real time. This observation builds upon previous ...

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known for powerful flaring, and since they're dim and their habitable zones are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's impression of the exoplanet Gaia-4b orbiting its star, tracing the shape of its orbit ...

A star about 1,360 light-years away from Earth, named FU Orionis, is twice as hot as astronomers previously suspected, according to recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope. In fact, scientists ...

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star—a predicament never previously observed. This exoplanet, as planets beyond our ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that its Starship rocket’s first flight to Mars will be equipped with Tesla-made Optimus humanoid robots. What Happened: “If all goes well, SpaceX will send ...

"The planet seems to be triggering particularly energetic flares." Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when they ...

Science teaches us that stars are much larger than planets, but what about large planets that orbit small stars? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of ...