Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star ... motions that generate a magnetic field (just as the churning of ...

"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...

Pluto was once called the ninth planet, but in 2006, scientists changed its status to a dwarf planet. A planet must clear its orbit of other objects, but Pluto shares its space with many small icy ...

A 40-year-old space enigma has been unraveled: a white dwarf star at the center of the Helix Nebula has been annihilating a nearby planet, triggering strange X-ray radiation, which unveiled the star's ...

Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using ...

Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star ... The surfaces of red dwarf stars are rife with magnetic storms. This activity can mimic the signature of a planet when there isn ...

The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is located 650 million light-years from Earth. It is the glowing remains of a dying star, much like our Sun.