Being slight oddities, brown dwarfs occupy a strange but useful niche in astronomy. Unlike exoplanets, which are often ...

As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations of young exoplanets with older ones could reveal vital clues about how ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been studying the scene of a dramatic collision between a star and its planet, but whereas astronomers had originally thought that the star was a red giant ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A selection of exoplanets that orbit in the habitable zone around their stars — where water can ...