Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever ...

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...

Webb has directly imaged a young gas giant planet roughly the size of Saturn, our solar system's second-largest planet, ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

Webb has directly imaged a young gas giant planet roughly the size of Saturn, our solar system's second-largest planet ...

PARIS — The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct ...

A recent study indicates a small chance that Earth could be ejected from our solar system due to passing stars. Simulations ...

A recent study in Icarus suggests a wandering star could disrupt our solar system. Simulations reveal that a star passing ...

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.