Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Even if a rogue planet came close to the Earth, the interaction may not even destroy the planet if there wasn't a direct hit. "It would need to come close enough to Earth to either collide with it ...

The telescope, expected to lift off between October 2026 and May 2027, may have the potential to spot 400 such rogue planets that are similar in mass to Earth, according to new research.

While we've found evidence of rogue black holes and planets, new research suggests that a passing star could be out there ...

Earth-size rogue planets would likely have ... odds are extremely low that such a planet will come sailing into our solar system on a trajectory that comes anywhere near Earth, or any other planet.

All the possible rogue planets reported are dated very young in the area near the Sun studied (relative to the age of the Sun, some 4.6 billion years old), perhaps 10 million years old or less.

Their results also suggest that tens of thousands of planet-sized nomadic worlds could be within a spherical volume centered on Earth and extending to the nearest star system (Proxima Centauri).

There are current estimates of between 100 and 100,000 rogue planets for every star in Milky Way. A study from NASA and Japan’s Osaka University predicts that the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space ...

One possibility is that a rogue planet, about 1–2 times Earth’s ... believe that an Earth-like planet could be hiding in our solar system Dwarf planet near Earth has 90% water on its ...

Rogue star’s threat to planet Earth. A WANDERING star grazed our solar system 70,000 years ago — spooking our early ancestors and jostling comets out of its path.