The Tianwen 2 mission, which is China's first attempt to bring pristine asteroid samples back to Earth, was launched on May ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

A recent study in Icarus suggests a wandering star could disrupt our solar system. Simulations reveal that a star passing ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

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

If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

The orange dwarf Gliese 710 is expected to come within 0.1663 light-years or 10,520 astronomical units in about 1.29 million ...