To the right of the star, there is a small red planet touching one of the star's magnetic field lines. The flare is blasting ...

A team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet with one of the tightest orbit around its star, and it seems to be ...

HIP 67522 b, a Jupiter-sized planet, orbits its star in just 7 days. Its closeness disturbs the star’s magnetic field, triggering stellar flares that scorch the planet’s atmosphere ...

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of an "interstellar object" named 3I/Atlas passing through the inner solar system.

When sunspots erupt at nearly the same time, it could be something known as "sympathetic solar flares." A double eruption ...

Scientists have discovered HIP 67522 b, a planet so close to its star that its orbit disturbs the star’s magnetic field, ...

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the ...

It’s part science, part magic – and now you can explore the Moon and stars together for just £99. Here’s why this clever ...

The first ever recorded 'planet with a death wish' orbits so close to its host star that it triggers huge flares of radiation ...

Artist's concept of the star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b. A second planet, HIP ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.