A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

Astronomers have confirmed a wandering black hole, about seven times the mass of the Sun, 5,000 light-years from Earth.

Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...

Consider the terrifying chaos and celestial disruptions that could ensue if a rogue planet strayed into our solar system.

Researchers have developed a new coronagraph—an optical device that blocks out light from a bright source—that could make it ...