A close-in exoplanet is triggering stellar flares and self-destructing. This is the first direct evidence of planet-star ...

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When HIP 67522 b was discovered, it was the youngest known planet orbiting its star in under 10 days. Astronomers were using ...

A planet that is snuggled up closely with its host star may be igniting colossal flares that strip it of its own mass.

The flares may heat up and inflate the planet's atmosphere, which is dominated by hydrogen and helium. Being lashed by these ...

In 1834, while surveying and subdividing the layout of 13 townships in land that would one day become northern Wisconsin, ...

Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, ...

While the Sun appears placid to the naked eye, it is a roiling sphere of ionized gas or plasma, shaped by powerful magnetic ...

In a groundbreaking study, a new discovery about the exoplanet HIP 67522b has provided scientists with an unprecedented ...

Dr Mazena Mackoit-Sinkeviciene discusses the rapidly evolving quantum space and the innovations being made each year.

Quantum sensors have become important tools in low-energy particle physics. Michael Doser explores opportunities to exploit ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...