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Earth could one day be flung out of the solar system, scientists claim
5-31-2025 |
7
A passing star could disrupt the orbits of the planets and cause the Earth to be flung off into deep space.
Astronomers have discovered a new minor planet beyond the orbit of Pluto
5-26-2025 | 2
The previously unseen world is believed to orbit far out at a range of 838 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
Four planets discovered in orbit around nearby red dwarf star
3-14-2025 | 3
Despite being closer to the size of Jupiter than the Sun, Barnard's Star is at the center of its own little solar system.
A mysterious cosmic phenomenon once engulfed our solar system
3-11-2025 | 0
Millions of years ago, our solar system stood in the path of a veritable tsunami of gas and dust.
A huge planet-like object may have once barged through our solar system
1-20-2025 | 9
Scientists now believe that our solar system may have once been visited by something very large indeed.
Halloween comet visitor originates from the mysterious Oort Cloud
VIDEO 10-22-2024 | 23
The comet comes from an enigmatic and colossal cloud of planetesimals that surrounds our solar system.
CubeSats are revolutionizing the way we explore the solar system
9-29-2024 | 3
The age of huge, expensive satellites is giving way to the age of small, cheap satellites that can be launched en masse.
Mercury may be home to a layer of diamond up to 10 miles thick
7-27-2024 | 4
The smallest planet in our solar system may be hiding a treasure with a value beyond imagination.
Strange horned 'devil comet' to make closest approach in 71 years
VIDEO 6-2-2024 | 1
One of the most unusual comets in the solar system is due to make its closest approach of the Earth today.
Now conspiracy theorists are claiming that our solar system has two suns
5-1-2024 | 28
This latest in a long line of ridiculous conspiracy theories is perhaps the most nonsensical one to date.
Scientists find new evidence of the mysterious Planet Nine
4-24-2024 | 10
A team of planetary scientists has found new evidence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system.
Tatahouine: 'Star Wars' meteorite is teaching us about the solar system
12-24-2023 | 0
Fragments of the space rock rained down over Tatahouine, Tunisia - the filming location of Tatooine in Star Wars.
Alternative theory of gravity could explain evidence of Planet Nine
10-16-2023 | 7
Orbital inconsistancies indicative of a mysterious hidden planet in our solar system may have an alternative explanation.
Has Avi Loeb really found the first ever samples from another solar system ?
9-7-2023 | 2
Planetary scientist Prof Monica Grady examines Loeb's claims concerning spherical metallic fragments found on the ocean floor.
4.5 billion-year-old space rock upends assumptions about the solar system
8-30-2023 | 0
PhD candidate Evgenii Krestianinov looks at the secrets revealed by a space rock found in the Sahara back in 2020.
Is there an alien planet hiding at the edge of our solar system ?
6-30-2023 | 6
Astronomers believe that there is a small chance that a rogue planet could have been 'captured' by the Sun's gravity.
NASA is working on a radical new type of propulsion system
4-10-2023 | 1
Pellet-beam propulsion has the potential to enable a spacecraft to cross the entire solar system within 5 years.
Efforts to obtain data on interstellar visitor plagued with difficulties
3-18-2023 | 3
A meteor from another solar system landed on Earth back in 2014, but obtaining more information about it has proven challenging.
Distant dwarf planet has its own unique ring system
2-10-2023 | 5
It turns out that Saturn and the other gas giants are not the only planetary bodies in our solar system to have rings.
Discovery of 12 new moons around Jupiter breaks Saturn's record
2-9-2023 | 6
Jupiter's status as the planet with the most moons in our solar system has now officially been restored.
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