The solar system could be destroyed much sooner than we thought, scientists say - Outer planets could be thrown out into the ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously unknown world may be lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system. The ...

New simulations suggest the outer solar system could disassemble within about one billion years after the Sun becomes a white dwarf.

Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that makes a close pass to Earth every six years or so. Scientists believe Bennu might have broken off from a much larger carbon-rich asteroid about 700 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of WISPIT 2 taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Astronomers have just found a second gas giant recently formed ...