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

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

Artist's impression of Planet Nine – a suspected “wide-orbit” planet – with the Sun in the distance; Neptune's orbit is shown ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...

But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...

A new study has found that solar flares—sudden bursts of energy from stars—can trigger short-term weather changes on planets far beyond our solar system. The research, published in The Astronomical ...

Detecting exoplanets is one thing, but imaging them is another thing entirely. Astronomers can detect them by the way they ...

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Twenty-eight youngsters experienced a full day of learning about the solar system, outer space, the planets, stars and ...