What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but.

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

Interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just a week ago and ever since, astronomers across the world have been ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

In fact, up until 33 years ago, we didn't know of a single planet outside our own solar system, let alone a full star system of orbiting planets. As such, identifying such star systems is still ...

Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright, nearby star in perfect synchrony like a grand cosmic orchestra. The rare find can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, ... Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away. ... Binary star system found near the Milky Way's black hole: ...

The telescope has the world's largest digital camera, which is the size of a small car, weighs 2,800 kg, and boasts a ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

Our solar system has eight major planets and has been around for more than four billion ... our solar system’s 4.6-billion-year history offers a long time for shedding worlds into the Milky Way.

Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy. These "free-floating" worlds don't orbit stars, but instead roam the ...