A passing star could disrupt the orbits of the planets and cause the Earth to be flung off into deep space.
In Ridley Scott's 'The Martian', Matt Damon's character ends up stranded on the Red Planet in the year 2035.
The previously unseen world is believed to orbit far out at a range of 838 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
Chloe Smith had been flying from the UK to France when she spotted what she believed to be a spirit.
Tantalizing new evidence of this mysterious world has been found courtesy of two deep infrared surveys.
The James Webb Space Telescope has found strong evidence of life on a planet situated 124 light-years away.
Once, long ago in Earth's distant past, the planet's oceans may have turned a rather unusual color.
A theoretical futuristic megastructure known as a Dyson swarm could have dire consequences for our planet.
Despite being closer to the size of Jupiter than the Sun, Barnard's Star is at the center of its own little solar system.
The mission, which was the 7th for the enigmatic space vehicle, reportedly 'broke new ground'.
The planes are typically used to transport personnel to and from secure and secretive locations within the US.
A fresh new search for the missing plane's whereabouts aims to solve the MH370 mystery once and for all.
It was incredibly unlikely that intelligent life evolved on our planet - but perhaps not quite as unlikely as previously believed.
The Bering Air flight had recently been reported missing in a region notorious for unexplained disappearances.
Scientists now believe that our solar system may have once been visited by something very large indeed.
NASA's Leroy Chiao had a close encounter with something he couldn't explain while flying his seaplane in 2023.
Satellites including those that are part of Elon Musk's Starlink system are often mistaken for other aerial vehicles.
The Red Planet is a long way away from the Earth, but the challenges are not insurmountable.
The perplexing incident occurred over Egypt during a recent routine flight of a Boeing 747 airliner.
Biologist Prof Tim Coulson has suggested that one species in particular has the potential to dominate the planet.