Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 cause of this acceleration is not explained," Leonid Zotov, expert on Earth rotation, explained. "Ocean and atmospheric models don’t explain this huge acceleration." ...

It could even eject Earth out of the solar system completely. ... with some even noting that even a small shift in Jupiter’s orbit could lead to bizarre consequences for Earth’s orbit.

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.

Webb has captured a frigid exoplanet in a wildly tilted orbit, revealing a system shaped by past planetary violence and ...