Using data from NASA’s TESS mission, scientists can estimate the size (radius) of potential planets orbiting distant stars. However, to verify that these objects are truly planets and not low-mass ...

The study suggests that planets closest to their stars, especially those that orbit their stars in just 12 days or less, are at a higher risk of being sent to their doom by their aging suns.

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Though the Star Wars sequel trilogy was flawed in many ways, one thing it did do right was make the gravity of its situation apparent. In Star Wars:The Force Awakens, the threat of the First Order was ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

Ageing stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL ...