The solar system’s first recorded interstellar visitor has a new proposed origin story. The enigmatic celestial object known as ‘Oumuamua might be a shard of a planet ripped apart by its star ...

17-year-old NASA intern discovers rare new planet 00:47. For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet - not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.

A Jupiter-like planet may have survived a violent outburst from its host star, saving it from a fate our planet is destined for in 5 billion years.

Related: After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology.Can it be fixed? As for the devoured planet, the team proposes that it orbited unusually close to its host star ...