This strange exoplanet, located 140 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, appears to be rapidly falling ...

The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...

The scientists confirmed that the signal is of a tightly orbiting rocky planet that is trailing a long, comet-like tail of ...

Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the Solar System that is leaving behind a ...

In the vast expanse of the universe, scientists are observing a planet's dramatic demise, as it leaves a comet-like trail of ...

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the ...

Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...

Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the solar system that is leaving behind a ...

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A planet 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly falling apart has been spotted by astronomers after they detected an ...

The planet, recently renamed BD+05 4868 Ab, is losing its outer layer piece by piece, with a comet-like trail of dust left ...