They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Interstellar comets offer the tantalizing opportunity for us to touch something truly otherworldly,” says the European Space ...

The Sun, our life-giving star, is slowly dying. In about 5 billion years, it will exhaust its fuel and transform into a red giant, altering the solar system forever. But long before that, the Sun’s ...

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ...

A recent study in Icarus suggests a wandering star could disrupt our solar system. Simulations reveal that a star passing ...

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

New research suggests that Mercury's crust is shifting and twisting in unexpected ways thanks to the force of the Sun.

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.