As far as fairytales go, dwarfs can be Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy or Dopey. But in space, dwarfs might be better called Hungry, ...

A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters suggests that the outer solar system could become dynamically unstable about one billion years after the Sun becomes a white dwarf, ...

New simulations show 90% chance of outer solar system disintegration within 1 billion years after Sun becomes a white dwarf. ...

Paleoseismology uncovers the true scale of ancient earthquakes, revealing prehistoric disasters and their global impact.

Astronomer Bob Donahue will discuss how the definition of a planet has changed, including the roles of Pluto, dwarf planets ...

Great antagonists give heroes something worth fighting for and audiences a reason to lean in. In anime, that often means layered backstories, distinctive ...

“It’s a chemical signature no ordinary, ‘first-generation’ planet should carry, which told us that this new planet was ...

In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only ...

A dead star’s wreckage may be the birthplace of a new planet. The existence of second-generation planets was predicted ...

Chemical clues point to a giant planet forming around a dying star in a system hundreds of light-years from Earth. Credit: ...

Astronomers have discovered the first example of a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf, a world that appears to ...

Like Earth, most planetary bodies circle their star in stable, detached orbits. These companionable systems can suddenly ...