Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

The life cycles of stars are fascinating, and sometimes the line between stars and planets isn’t as clear as it […] ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

The textbook picture of how planets form—serene, flat disks of cosmic dust—has just received a significant cosmic twist.

Material that doesn't become a planet may be flung outward, beyond a growing star's gravitational influence.

A quick guide to planets, including the eight in our solar system, how they form, and how many could be in the universe.

Webb’s infrared capabilities are ideal for revealing how stars and planets form for three reasons: Infrared light is great at seeing through obscuring dust, it picks up the heat signatures of ...

Chilean researcher Bárbara Rojas-Ayala found a way to measure the "metallicity" of M dwarf (red dwarf) stars which in turn could help science to better understand how planets, stars and galaxies ...

Astronomers solve mystery of how a mirror-like planet formed so close to its star The atmosphere is super-saturated with silicate and metal vapors.

Stars and their formation remain key to understanding everything we know about solar systems like ours. But how stars form and ultimately spawn rocky planets on which life can flourish is still ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...