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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.

This artist’s concept depicts one of the solar system’s inner planets slamming into Earth after being nudged on a collision course by a passing star. Such a world-shattering cataclysm is ...

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The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

Part of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding invite has been revealed, setting social media ablaze. The couple is reportedly tying the knot this week in Venice in a wedding rumored to be ...

Essentially, the probes have reached a point where solar winds collide with the interstellar winds and temperatures absolutely skyrocket. But first, let's back up. According to the space agency, there ...

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

Scientists have found the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a covering of icy bodies at the edge of the solar system, releasing chemical activity. With the help of the Atacama Large ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar system. Now, a team of researchers have taken a completely different ...

The Last Time NASA's Voyager "Looked Back" At Our Solar System, This Is What It Saw Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images.

This new dwarf planet may exist at the edge of the solar system, possibly disproving Planet Nine's existence. This is the story of that newly encountered planet.