In 1961 astronomers had not yet discovered a single planet orbiting a star other than the sun. (discovermagazine.com)
The discovery of planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system is coming at a faster rate than ever before, but that makes each new planet found no less thrilling. (science.howstuffworks.com)
Those stellar explosions can have lethal effects on planets orbiting stars even tens of light - years away. (discovermagazine.com)