Plenty of threats already loom here on Earth without us having to worry about a star engulfing our planet. Fortunately, us Earthlings have made our home on a planet in a solar system that has ...

A study of 91 pairs of stars finds that about 8%, or one in 12, swallowed up a planet at some point in their lives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and planetary masses silently orbit their stars — sometimes thousands of astronomical ...