Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

The spectra measurements enable astronomers to figure out these stars’ age, spin rate, temperature, and location, among other ...

A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.

Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

It's estimated there may be trillions of rogue planets wandering through the Milky Way, unbound to any star. Since detecting our first ones, we have been presented with an odd mystery.

In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...