Far from our solar system, astronomers have finally watched a star consume one of its own planets, catching in real time a ...

New observations of the red giant star R Doradus suggest starlight alone cannot drive stellar winds that spread key elements through the galaxy.

Astronomers have identified a giant planet circling a tiny red dwarf star at a distance so extreme that it sits about 690 times farther from its star than Earth is from the Sun. The discovery pushes ...

"We expected to see this effect, but we were still surprised by just how efficient these stars seem to be at engulfing their close planets." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...