Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the Solar System that is leaving behind a ...

Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from Earth in the Pegasus constellation , this doomed world named BD+05 4868 Ab ...

Skywatchers throughout the Northern Hemisphere are enjoying views of the newly discovered Comet SWAN.

suggesting that whatever was passing in front of the star wasn't always the same shape or blocking the same amount of light. "The shape of the transit is typical of a comet with a long tail," Hon ...

At such close proximity to its star, the planet is likely covered in magma boiling off into space. As the roasting planet ...

meaning the object passing in front of the star wasn’t always the same size or shape. “The shape of the transit is typical of a comet with a long tail,” said Marc Hon, another author of the ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the ...

In the vast expanse of the universe, scientists are observing a planet's dramatic demise, as it leaves a comet-like trail of ...