Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of interstellar space.

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the complex dance of planetary motion. The ancient belief that planets ...

The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties ...

The research team's simulations indicate a 1 in 100 chance that an interstellar visitor could produce the orbits we see today ...

A 50 Jupiter-mass interstellar object disrupted solar system orbits, challenging stability assumptions and revealing rare ...

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

For two decades now, the iconic twin Voyager spacecraft have been quietly overturning everything we thought we knew about the ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it's kept our Solar System well organized and ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A massive interstellar object passing through our solar system during its formative years likely altered the orbits of planets into trajectories ...

Oumuamua’s speed and path around the Sun don’t match a typical asteroid, but it also has no bright tail or nucleus (icy core) ...

The evolution of the orbits of the planets is a complex process. Initially the planets formed out of a rotating disk of gas ...