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

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

Solar System Planets. Astronomy articles on the eight planets, plus the two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Updated daily.

The orange dwarf Gliese 710 is expected to come within 0.1663 light-years or 10,520 astronomical units in about 1.29 million ...

If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

The White House bid to terminate NASA’s fantastical flights of exploration “across the solar system” threatens to hinder ...

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

Faculty and alumni from across six decades reflected on Brown University’s impact as an international hub for solar system ...

If our Solar System seems stable, it’s because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our knowledge of the solar system's "small bodies"—asteroids, comets and other minor planets.. The Rubin Observatory, under ...

This puts Earth at Emporia State’s Sunken Gardens, with the gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — further south ...