Science news articles about 'tiny star'

A tiny star released one of the brightest flares ever seen in the universe.

... lowest mass planet to orbit a normal star. The star, MOA-2007-BLG-192L, ... Bennett said. "No planets have previously been found to orbit stars with masses less than about 20 percent of that of the sun, ...

Long-awaited discovery of exoplanet with astrometry method made around smallest known star.

A distant "sun" residing in the constellation Aquila has become the smallest star known to host a planet.