The quiet fear of losing your home is usually a human story, but in the sky, entire worlds may face something similar. As stars age and swell, the space around them shifts in ways that can destroy ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Supernovas are bad news. They can wreck biospheres and flood planets with deadly radiation. And ...

Using advanced computer simulations, scientists have shown how easily a runaway greenhouse effect can rapidly transform a habitable planet into a hellish world inhospitable to life. The team of ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have announced findings that shine some light on the kinds of stellar formations that create planetary systems. According to their measurements, ...

During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. New research indicates they might have found even more except for one thing – some ...

Our planet is tougher than you'd think — but humans aren't. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After dominating the Earth for more ...

Or Graur receives funding from UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council.. Our Sun is both our best friend and our worst enemy. On the one hand, we owe our very existence to our star. Earth and ...