Have you ever wondered what our solar system looked like 3.8 billion years ago? Were the planets we know today anything like ...

Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system orbit in the same plane? This fascinating characteristic of planetary orbits has intrigued astronomers for centuries. When we observe the ...

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

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered.

Researchers at Oxford have discovered that comet 3I/ATLAS may be over 7 billion years old, making it the oldest one we've ...

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

Trouble in our Solar System: New planet beyond Pluto may be silently pulling Earth's orbit off track orbiting the Sun Could the newly discovered "Planet Nine" be secretly altering Earth's Orbit ...

Earth has a 1-in-500 (0.2 percent) chance that it will be lost due to either being ejected from the Solar System or colliding with another world.

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Our solar system consists of four small, rocky, inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) and four large, gaseous, outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).