A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

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

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: a massive, shining object racing through our solar system. The object, which was ...

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small satellite already orbiting Earth. IBEX has special instruments gathering ...

American space agency NASA announced the discovery of a planetary system that isn't flat, has transit timing variations, and shows orbital planes tilting ...

The Sun, our life-giving star, is slowly dying. In about 5 billion years, it will exhaust its fuel and transform into a red giant, altering the solar system forever. But long before that, the Sun’s ...

An international research team led by the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has discovered two new planets performing ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

Scientists have detected planet-forming pebbles around two young stars, providing insight into the birth of solar systems ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

Astronomers have discovered a new interstellar comet passing through our solar system, marking the third interstellar object ...