An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Long ago, a planetary object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have once visited the solar system and altered […] The post ...

Our solar system, a cosmic ballet of planets held together by gravity and inertia, is uniquely structured compared to many ...

In a ground-breaking discovery concerning parts of the unexplored solar system, astronomers have discovered the existence of “cosmic tunnels" that link it to stars across the universe. According to ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...

Lau led the initial research on this system in 2022. "With these incredible new details, the telescope is also allowing us to study exactly when the stars are forming dust – almost to the day." These ...

The REASONS (REsolved ALMA and SMA Observations of Nearby Stars) study marks such a significant ... including our own Solar System," said Luca Matrà, Associate Professor in Trinity's School ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...