How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Though the characteristics of K-type stars make them favourable targets in the study of habitability, they haven't received ...

The expansion of Kepler's Supernova Remnant over the past 25 years is summed up in 40 seconds in a new video released by NASA ...

Astronomers have identified hundreds of nearby K-type stars as potential hosts for life-supporting exoplanets, based on their long-term stability and favorable conditions.

Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over ...

Astronomers have finally pinned down both the mass and distance of a solitary “rogue” planet, a world that drifts through ...

The distance and the mass of a free-floating planet were measured for the first time as astronomers speculated on the nature ...

“Supernova explosions and the elements they hurl into space are the lifeblood of new stars and planets,” said Brian Williams ...

Situated around 17,000 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way Galaxy, the supernova remnant is close enough for NASA’s ...