A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of ...

Our Sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its ...

Astronomers have made an unexpected discovery about the planet TOI-3884b, which orbits its star at a crazy angle. The ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

An illustration depicts what the surface of one of the exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star may look like. The other three planets within the system can also be seen. - International Gemini ...

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Infrared image of the center of the Orion Nebula taken with the NIRCam instrument on NASA's James ...

Astronomers have found compelling evidence that planets start to form while infant stars are still growing. The high-resolution image obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Stars have an alluring pull on planets, especially those in a class called hot Jupiters, which are gas giants that form farther from their stars before migrating inward and heating up. Now, a new ...