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Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was ...

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 ...

A nearby star drifts into the outskirts of our solar system. Its gravity disturbs the Oort Cloud and alters the orbits of far-out objects.

A recent study indicates a small chance that Earth could be ejected from our solar system due to passing stars. Simulations suggest these stellar encounters might disrupt planetary orbits ...

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.

(Reuters) -The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

Every single organism on Earth, no matter the biome, the kingdom, the domain, whether it's an extremophile in a hot spring or some lithotroph buried in the crust, depends on water.