A recent study in Icarus suggests a wandering star could disrupt our solar system. Simulations reveal that a star passing within 10,000 AU might destabilize Mercury's orbit, potentially affecting ...

Astronomers have recently detected a colossal object at the edge of our solar system, sparking excitement and curiosity within the scientific community. This discovery could provide crucial insights ...

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red giant, potentially engulfing inner planets. Afterward, it will become a ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial ...

Just decades after the first exoplanets were identified, our database of the distant worlds—monitored by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute—has breached a new threshold. Now, astronomers have ...

Ian Whittaker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In spring 2002, Chelsey Bryant Krug flew to Colorado in search of a job. She had just enrolled as a graduate student in aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. She found ...

Learn how the European Space Agency’s spacecraft captured a completely new view of the Sun, thanks to its novel tilted orbit. Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and ...