Scientists have discovered that, far in the future, our Sun will go through a massive transformation! Right now, it's a ...

The Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day, Right? Maybe Not. Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star.

particularly when it comes to size. "[The solar tornado is] about 130,000 kilometers [80,000 miles] high," Teodorescu said. "Basically a tenth of the diameter of the sun." To put that into perspective ...

The discovered exoplanet's system is composed of a white dwarf about half the mass of the sun, a so-called " brown dwarf " sometimes described as a failed star, and an Earth-size world.