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

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

A close-in exoplanet is triggering stellar flares and self-destructing. This is the first direct evidence of planet-star ...

Astronomers spotted a star just around the corner from Earth in the Milky Way consuming one of its inner planets for the first time.

When HIP 67522 b was discovered, it was the youngest known planet orbiting its star in under 10 days. Astronomers were using ...

A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: Andor are all about the lengths the Empire will go to keep its power. Whether it’s inciting ...

A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our sun will go through a similar end-of-life transition.

The Death Star is the most infamous superweapon in Star Wars canon – but there is one powerful equivalent, from the franchise's old "Legends" continuity, the Fortress Planet Bastion, a fortified ...

Scientists have discovered HIP 67522 b, a planet so close to its star that its orbit disturbs the star’s magnetic field, ...

WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why some hot Jupiters eventually death spiral into their stars.

The planet of Geonosis played a major role in Star Wars history, both during the Clone Wars and well into the reign of the Galactic Empire.

Astronomers believe that for the first time ever, a star swallowed a planet as it died. The "Death Star" may be popularly known as Darth Sidious and Darth Vader's creation to destroy planets in ...