A newly discovered Earth-size world orbiting a dead white dwarf star gives scientists a hint of what the solar system may look like in billions of years.

A planetary system anchored by a dead white dwarf star, located around 4,000 light-years away, has offered astronomers a possible glimpse into what our sun and Earth could look like in around 8 ...

A distant star system offers hope that our planet will keep spinning, even after the Sun expands into a red giant.

However, this team has discovered some clues that throw that identification into doubt, suggesting this lurking dead star is a larger-than-average white dwarf. "The J2354 system was discovered by ...

A distant planet should have been consumed when its star expanded to become a red giant, perhaps offering insights into ...

New research has shed doubt upon the nature of a distant "dead star" that exists in a binary system with an active stellar companion. Scientists behind the research think this stellar corpse is ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system ...

The Sun won’t last forever, but how long do we have before we need to find another home, even if we look after Earth?

On board the newly reconstructed Red Dwarf, Lister, Rimmer and co. are still locked up in jail. While robot Kryten sets up a TV station in an attempt to keep the prisoners amused, Rimmer is ...

The newly discovered system reveals a white dwarf with half the mass of the Sun and an Earth-sized planet in a wider orbit, showcasing what a surviving Earth might resemble. Keming Zhang, a researcher ...