The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered - Planet’s ‘tail’ is millions of miles long, ...

This strange exoplanet, located 140 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, appears to be rapidly falling ...

MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces. The ...

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

A disintegrated comet has left behind a glowing dust cloud—here’s how to spot it before it vanishes from the northern sky.

They are one of the oldest meteor showers, with the first recorded sighting being in 687 BC, NASA reports. The Lyrid meteor ...