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

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

Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...

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

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The host star, HIP 67522, is slightly larger and cooler than our Sun. But unlike our middle-aged star, this one is just 17 ...

The team found that the planet, dubbed HIP 67522 b, orbits its parent star so tightly that it appears to cause frequent ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been used by astronomers to detect a planet being devoured by its dying host star, a ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Kulula, a beloved and sassy Safari West giraffe known for her drool and Animal Planet fame, has died at 21. Kulula, a beloved ...