Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

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

Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in the gas around the Sun that behaves like a tunnel carved through ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

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A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

The planets of the solar system orbit the sun in a complex and ever-shifting ballet, which can see them appear as glorious ...

The universe is always moving. While we've found evidence of rogue black holes and planets, new research suggests that a passing star could be out there somewhere. Unfortunately, If it were to swing ...

A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35 light-years from Earth. This discovery means there ...

"Young stars misbehave all the time. They’re very active, just like toddlers." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have ...

A new "Tatooine-like" planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems ...