Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system, HD 110067, where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical ...

If you were to compare planet Earth to the Sun, you'd find that you'd have to stack 109 Earths atop one another just to go from one end of the Sun to the other. Yet there are stars out there that are ...

Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three ...

Twinkle, twinkle little star – and show us just how little you are. Starlight captured by the Kepler space telescope has revealed that the amount a star flickers is tied to its size, offering a better ...

Astronomers have discovered a star 600 light-years away that stretches the definition of what can even be considered a star. That's because EBLM J0555-57Ab, the smallest star ever discovered, is the ...

IT’S one of Hollywood’s most memorable machines, obliterating whole planets in the blink of an eye. But while we all know what the iconic Death Star looks like, few of us have any idea how big the ...