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

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

More information: Nathan A. Kaib et al, The influence of passing field stars on the solar system's dynamical future, Icarus (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116632. Provided by Universe Today.

Bad news, earthlings. 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 ...

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system that orbits two failed stars. Located 120 light years away, the planet appears to take an unusual path around two ...

The closest star system to the Earth, the Alpha Centauri group, at a distance of 4.3 light-years, which includes Alpha Centauri A and B as well as the faint red dwarf Proxima Centauri.

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether ...