The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Scientists have painted a scary scenario for the solar system, where one passerby might trigger the death of every planet, ...

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

Billions of years from now, the Sun will swell into a red giant, swallowing Mercury, Venus, and Earth. But that’s not the ...

WASHINGTON: A group of scientists has found a strange new object about 435 miles wide at the far edge of the solar system. It ...

Scientists have discovered a colossal object approximately 435 miles wide in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, ...

They said: ‘The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant because it’s found in a region of the Solar System thought to be empty ...

A new astronomical study suggests that Earth could one day be ejected from the solar system, not by the aging of the Sun, but ...

Scientists like to refer to our planet as residing in the "Goldilocks zone," where it's neither too hot nor too cold, and ...

A FIELD of at least 20 asteroids has been found lurking near Venus, having previously been hidden by the Sun’s glare, experts ...