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

Earth could be thrown off its orbit and flung into another planet or even the Sun due to gravitational disturbances caused by passing stars, a new scientific study has warned.

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn't just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it's the second most ...

The chance of a planet forming in the outer reaches of the solar system – a hypothetical Planet Nine – could be as high as 40 ...

In the latest shutdown, the cosmic ray subsystem experiment on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle ...

Could a rogue star disrupt our peaceful solar system? Scientists are keeping a close eye on the galactic neighborhood, and ...

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

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.

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

Researchers in the US have suggested there is a 40 percent chance a ninth planet could exist in our solar system. Planet Nine ...