What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but.

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late on July 1, 2025. The objects potentially interstellar origins excited ...

Astronomers spotted an object speeding at 133,200 miles per hour (about 214,364 kilometres per hour), which is too fast to be ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

There could be a ninth planet in our Solar System after all — and no, it’s not Pluto. Instead, it’s the theoretical Planet X, also called Planet Nine, a wide-orbit planet that would circle the Sun ...

Computer simulations of the solar system’s future reveal a new risk facing us all: The gravitational tug of a passing star could either cause another planet to smack into Earth or else fling our ...

The Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF, this is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). This means that it orbits the Sun further away than Neptune ...