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A red dwarf star is shaking up current planetary formation models by hosting a gas giant. This discovery challenges our ...

“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 ...

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

"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 ...

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.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have looked there as part of their search to answer a simple question: How small can a star be? Webb is an ideal tool for such a search because the ...