When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A white dwarf throws off shells of gas like a butterfly leaving a cocoon . Here the bright dot in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a planet orbiting a white dwarf star. New research hints that planets like ...

Most stars in the cosmos are small, cool red dwarfs, yet the only intelligent life we know orbits a relatively rare yellow dwarf under a blue sky. That mismatch is at the heart of the “red sky paradox ...

Scientists have assembled a catalogue of more than 2,000 stars that could be supporting alien life. Researchers behind the study hope that it could provide a foundation for the study of those stars, ...

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...