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Astronomers have discovered "one of the most extreme exoplanets" ever found in our universe which orbits a star very like our own Sun.

Don't call it a cluster.

When astronomers talk about a hot Jupiter, they talk about massive gas giants the likes of our own Jupiter, only orbiting their stars at very close range, factors of magnitude closer than our own. They are extreme places, but many of them don't come ...

In astronomers' speak, the term galactic bulge stands for the dense cluster of billions of stars, many of them packed tightly together at the center of spiral and barred spiral galaxies, including our very own Milky Way. But what is a bulge fossil ...

Now, you can join NASA's new Backyard Worlds: Binaries project and help astronomers discover these rare and interesting pairs. As a volunteer, you'll inspect ...

Astronomers have long studied dense collections of stars known as globular clusters scattered throughout the Milky Way. Most appear to have formed in one quick burst early on and then evolved quietly for billions of years. One object in the galaxy's ...

Professor Richard McMahon - who denied the assertion - was giving evidence at the hearing into a colleague's alleged treatment for whistleblowing.

One woman was 'hounded out of a job' and another was left 'frightened', alleged astrophysics professor Wyn Evans, who is taking legal action over claimed detrimental treatment.

Astronomers have revealed two striking supernova stories: one hints at a fresh remnant near the Milky Way's center, while the other shows long-studied wreckage in a nearby galaxy changing in ways no one expected.