The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...

Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

MIT astronomers have found a Mercury-sized planet, located 140 light-years away, that is disintegrating rapidly due to its ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star ...

Planet BD+054868Ab is one of only four known disintegrating planets, worlds close enough to their star that they end up being ...

Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...

April 2025 brings exciting skywatching events including the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower, rare views of Mercury at its ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

So far, the comet has not released much dust. In fact, it is shining a green color just like Comet Nishimura of 2023, which was dubbed the “green comet” for just how green it was. The emerald hue is ...

That’s going to be on May 1, as the comet will reach just within the orbit of Mercury. Currently, the comet can be seen in the morning before sunrise in an east-to-northeast direction ...