One possibility is that a rogue planet, about 1–2 times Earth’s mass, influenced their paths early in the solar system's ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

In 2016, scientists Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin suggested that an unseen Planet Nine could explain the unusual ...

Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...

Scientists have been on the hunt for a possible ninth planet in our solar system for some time. The existence of this elusive ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, offering a glimpse into our ...

It would depend on a lot, say our readers, from how big it was to the route it took - but it could have significant ...

The smooth, planet-less disk of the Vega star system challenges planetary formation theories, suggesting alternative cosmic ...

Despite its relative weakness, researchers believe it was sufficient to affect the formation of bodies at distances more than seven times the Earth-Sun distance. That includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...