The Death Star was a major Imperial battle station threatening the galaxy, but did Luke Skywalker know how many people he ...

The planet-destroying Death Star from "Star Wars" may be fictional, but a star at the end of its life and only a bit bigger than Earth could be its real-world twin: ...

A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our sun will go through a similar end-of-life transition.

While the Death Star could destroy an Earth-sized planet, a Jupiter-sized planet would be a tough challenge, and the Galactic Empire would need to resort to using a Suncrusher to destroy stars.

By the way, if the Death Star is much farther from the planet than geosynchronous-orbit distance, it can still do the dirty deed. It may have to be if the planet is to be unaware of its impending ...

Astronomers spotted a star just around the corner from Earth in the Milky Way consuming one of its inner planets for the first time. The star is called ZTF SLRN-2020 and is roughly the same size ...

The Death Star's planet-destroying weapon is said in the Star Wars Encyclopedia to be a super-laser. While a laser is basically just light, it is light that can be focused onto a precise spot and ...

The "Death Star" may be popularly known as Darth Sidious and Darth Vader's creation to destroy planets in Astronomers believe that for the first time ever, a star swallowed a planet as it died.

The Death Star is the most infamous superweapon in Star Wars canon – but there is one powerful equivalent, from the franchise's old "Legends" continuity, the Fortress Planet Bastion, a fortified ...

The Death Star destroys the planet Alderaan in “Star Wars: Episode IV.” Lucasfilm Ltd. Using these cutting-edge instruments, scientists were able to determine that the black holes’ jets are ...

WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why some hot Jupiters eventually death spiral into their stars.

“This planet might have evaded death once, but it seems unlikely that once the star starts expanding, it would actually continue to survive,” Dr. Hon said.