The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been studying the scene of a dramatic collision between a star and its planet, but ...

When the planet finally fell in toward the star, it splashed away layers of gas from the star’s outer atmosphere, and this gas gradually cooled into cold dust which now sits as a cloud around the star ...

The star ZTF SLRN-2020 was believed by astronomers to have swollen up and engulfed a planet. Recent studies, however, suggest ...

Observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is ...

In 2020, the Zwicky Transient Facility at Palomar Observatory detected a star—named ZTF SLRN-2020—brightening unexpectedly.

An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study Messier 57, also known as the ...

Astronomers discovered FFPs (free floating planets- rogue planets) more than 20 years ago, using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii. Since then, ...

For decades, the center of our galaxy has held mysteries. Now, thanks to a stunning image and fresh research, scientists are finally seeing what lies behind the thick dust.

The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.

YR4, once considered a potential Earth threat, now poses a 3.8% chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. Initially, NASA flagged a ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed that the first star believed to have swallowed a planet did not expand to engulf ...