TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star about 40.7 light-years away from Earth. It is of particular interest because it has seven ...

About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...

Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It's the largest object in the asteroid belt and the closest dwarf planet to Earth.

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The ...

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now ...

The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...

Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...

Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, may hold answers to fundamental questions about the Solar System. This dwarf planet, positioned between Mars and Jupiter, is the only inner Solar System ...

Co-author Martin Guerrero from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia told Phys.org that debris from the shattered planet ...

A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...

These stars provide stable energy for billions of years, making them prime candidates for life-supporting planets. However, recent research suggests that another type of star – known as a white dwarf ...