The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will ...

This artist’s concept depicts one of the solar system’s inner planets slamming into Earth after being nudged on a collision course by a passing star. Such a world-shattering cataclysm is ...

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

The Last Time NASA's Voyager "Looked Back" At Our Solar System, This Is What It Saw Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images.

This new dwarf planet may exist at the edge of the solar system, possibly disproving Planet Nine's existence. This is the story of that newly encountered planet.

Researchers from the UW and Queen’s University Belfast believe that knowledge of the objects in the solar system will expand exponentially when a new telescope comes online later this year ...

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the solar system.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday.

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.

In short, dynamical studies of the solar system have generally failed to consider the influence that passing field stars will have on the solar planets over time.

Earth Has A 1-In-100,000 Chance Of Being Ejected From The Solar System Due To A Passing Star A new simulation expands on the possible scenarios of how the Solar System will end.

A new study sheds light on what Jupiter, often called the "architect" of the solar system, was like in the beginning. The giant planet has dramatically changed.