Astronomers have been treated to a stunning fireworks display from around a young star called The events, detected in 2004 ...

Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our ...

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

A mysterious cosmic scar reveals two massive stars that passed near our solar system millions of years ago, energizing nearby ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building bodies. The structures often resemble our asteroid and Kuiper belts, hinting ...

This rogue star has been traveling the Universe. And now, it's finally entering our Solar System. But this isn't just any ...

In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a group of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

Years ago, astronomers believed they had found a planet forming around a nearby star called Fomalhaut. This was very exciting ...

Scientists find that two hot stars passed near our solar system 4.4 million years ago, altering nearby interstellar clouds.

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are lighter than stars, but heavier than gas giant ...