Earth could be thrown off its orbit and flung into another planet or even the Sun due to gravitational disturbances caused by passing stars, a new scientific study has warned.

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

NASA observes largest Oort Cloud comet, C/2014 UN271, exploding with CO gas jets, thanks to ALMA’s deep-space capabilities.

The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be ...

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

I enjoyed the new space show at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York City this week.

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have uncovered the first direct evidence of molecular activity in comet C/2014 ...

Scientists aimed ALMA at the comet in March 2024 and saw carbon monoxide — a gas that usually doesn’t show up in observations that far away — gushing out of its surface in jets. The team also picked ...

If our Solar System seems stable, it’s because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 ...

Comets, on the other hand, live inside the Kuiper Belt and even farther out in our solar system in a distant region called the Oort cloud. The solar system is enveloped by a huge bubble called the ...

Space artists can sometimes stretch scientific data for a bigger visual bang. At New York's natural history museum, they ...