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 ...

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

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

Wide-orbit planets are fairly common according to the study, and there's a good chance we have one of our own.

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

The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense ...

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images ...

The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...