A look at the potential effects of a rogue planet entering our solar system, from shifting Earth’s orbit to triggering ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...

The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...

A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

Astronomers are gathering evidence of a massive hidden planet lurking beyond Neptune. Trump Cuts Millions After California ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...

TOI-2267 is made up of two small and cool stars. The team confirmed the presence of two exoplanets, and there is strong ...

An interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS has just passed our sun. Despite online rumours that it’s an alien spaceship, experts say it’s definitely a comet.