Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have observed the first compelling evidence of a dying Sun-like star ... signature of a planet skimming along ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...

much like the fictional planet of "Tatooine." FILE - This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around its host stars, a pair of brown dwarfs. (ESO/L.

The planet 2M1510 (AB) b orbits two stars — like Luke Skywalker’s home ... orbiting two stars in this way. This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit ...

The signal from the planet’s atmosphere has reached what scientists call “three-sigma” certainty, meaning there’s about a 0.3 ...