The Solar System might not be as quiet and orderly as we think. Imagine one day looking up and seeing something strange in ...

Even if a rogue planet came close to the Earth, the interaction may not even destroy the planet if there wasn't a direct hit. "It would need to come close enough to Earth to either collide with it ...

All the possible rogue planets reported are dated very young in the area near the Sun studied (relative to the age of the Sun, some 4.6 billion years old), perhaps 10 million years old or less.

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would ...

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

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...

Billions of years from now, the Sun will swell into a red giant, swallowing Mercury, Venus, and Earth. But that’s not the only way our planet could meet its demise.

Rogue planet. Of course an asteroid isn't the only thing that could crash into Earth. Sorry. It's also possible that a rogue planet could collide with our home – wiping us out with tremendous force.

If a rogue black hole doesn't come very close to the Earth, we might not notice any effects at all. "A very small black hole could possibly travel through the solar system largely unnoticed ...

When large asteroids hit the Earth, they trigger mass extinctions and climate chaos. But could an asteroid destroy the planet entirely?