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A team of researchers have discovered a binary system in which a pulsar orbited inside the outer layers of its companion star ...

A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

"Stars experiencing this enhanced magnetism are likely going to be battering their planets with high-energy radiation." Astronomers have discovered evidence of small stars with shockingly strong ...

“We didn’t believe that something so small, such a dinky star, could have such a large planet.” Generally, we think that planets form in one of two ways: either the protoplanetary disc of ...

New research is providing insight into how planets form around these small stars, called very low mass stars (VLMS), showing how the chemistry in the planet-forming disks of gas and dust ...