A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own atmosphere.

To the right of the star, there is a small red planet touching one of the star's magnetic field lines. The flare is blasting ...

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This discovery marks the first known case of a compact planetary system with such a noticeable tilt between close planet ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

A recent study has uncovered a dramatic interaction between a planet and its parent star that is reshaping our understanding ...

The planet, which astronomers believe is orbiting a young red dwarf star approximately 34 light years away, has been dubbed ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

Scientists have discovered the first clear case of a planet causing its host star to flare, offering new insights into the ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.